Genes involved in immune related responses observed with asthma

摘要

Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases (155 million people worldwide) and is rapidly increasing (20-50% per decade), particularly in children (currently 10% in The Netherlands). Asthma impairs the quality of life and is a major cause of absence from school and work. Asthma, if not treated properly, can be life threatening. The invention provides a nucleic acid library comprising genes or functional fragments thereof said genes are essentially capable of initiation and/or progression and/ or suppression and/or repression of an immune response.