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Fig. 1 | Respiratory Research

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From: The genetic and epigenetic landscapes of the epithelium in asthma

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Epigenetic regulatory factors in airway epithelium. a DNA methylation; white circles represent unmethylated CpGs that induces gene expression (e.g. KRT5) while black circles represent methylated CpGs that suppresses gene expression (e.g. STAT5A). b Histone acetylation; green circles refer to acetylated histone tail that stimulate gene expression (e.g. ΔNp63) while red circles indicate free histone tails that suppressed gene expression. c Noncoding RNA; miRNAs affect gene expression by either RNA degradation or translational inhibition. miRNAs hence (e.g. miR-19a) may suppress mRNA expression (e.g. TGF-β receptor 2)

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