title: Fine mapping of the myosin light chain kinase (MYLK) gene replicates the association with asthma in populations of Spanish descent.
authors.affiliation: CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Research Unit, Hospital Universitario N.S. de Candelaria, Tenerife, Spain; Multidisciplinary Organ Dysfunction Evaluation Research Network (MODERN), Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Dr. Negrin, Gran Canaria, Spain.
authors.forename: Marialbert
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Acosta-Herrera
authors.affiliation: CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Research Unit, Hospital Universitario N.S. de Candelaria, Tenerife, Spain; Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Calif.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pino-Yanes
authors.affiliation: Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
authors.forename: Shwu-Fan
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Research Unit, Hospital Universitario N.S. de Candelaria, Tenerife, Spain.
authors.forename: Amalia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barreto-Luis
authors.affiliation: CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Research Unit, Hospital Universitario N.S. de Candelaria, Tenerife, Spain.
authors.forename: Almudena
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Corrales
authors.affiliation: Allergy Unit, Hospital Universitario Dr. Negrin, Gran Canaria, Spain.
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cumplido
authors.affiliation: Allergy Unit, Hospital Universitario N.S. de Candelaria, Tenerife, Spain.
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pérez-Rodríguez
authors.affiliation: U.G.C. Allergy, Regional University Hospital of Málaga-IBIMA, Málaga, Spain.
authors.forename: Paloma
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Campo
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Calif.
authors.forename: Celeste
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Eng
authors.affiliation: Allergy Unit, Hospital Universitario N.S. de Candelaria, Tenerife, Spain.
authors.forename: José Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: García-Robaina
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Medicina Xenómica, CEGEN-ISCIII-Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
authors.forename: Inés
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Quintela
authors.affiliation: CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Multidisciplinary Organ Dysfunction Evaluation Research Network (MODERN), Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Dr. Negrin, Gran Canaria, Spain.
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Villar
authors.affiliation: U.G.C. Allergy, Regional University Hospital of Málaga-IBIMA, Málaga, Spain.
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Blanca
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Medicina Xenómica, CIBERER-Universidade de Santiago de Compostela-Fundación Galega de Medicina Xenómica (SERGAS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
authors.forename: Ángel
authors.initials: Á
authors.lastname: Carracedo
authors.affiliation: Allergy Unit, Hospital Universitario Dr. Negrin, Gran Canaria, Spain.
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Carrillo
authors.affiliation: Arizona Health Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz.
authors.forename: Joe G N
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Calif.
authors.forename: Dara G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Torgerson
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Calif; Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, Calif.
authors.forename: Esteban G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Burchard
authors.affiliation: CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Research Unit, Hospital Universitario N.S. de Candelaria, Tenerife, Spain; Applied Genomics Group (G2A), Genetics Laboratory, Instituto Universitario de Enfermedades Tropicales y Salud Pública de Canarias, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain. Electronic address: cflores@ull.edu.es.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Flores
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009219:Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase / Q000235:genetics*; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; C499378:MYLK protein, human; D009219:Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase