Lisa J. Martin — Endo Lab

2015

N-acetyltransferase 1 polymorphism increases cotinine levels in Caucasian children exposed to secondhand smoke: the CCAAPS birth cohort.

The pharmacogenomics journal ·doi:10.1038/tpj.2014.44

Cotinine is a proxy for secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure. Genetic variation along nicotine and cotinine metabolic pathways may alter the internal cotinine dose, leading to misinterpretations of exposure-health outcome associations. Caucasian…

2011

Identification of KIF3A as a novel candidate gene for childhood asthma using RNA expression and population allelic frequencies differences.

PloS one ·doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0023714

BackgroundAsthma is a chronic inflammatory disease with a strong genetic predisposition. A major challenge for candidate gene association studies in asthma is the selection of biologically relevant genes.Methodology/principal findingsUsing …

article 2003

Record review of baboons with histologically confirmed endometriosis in a large established colony

Journal of medical primatology ·doi:10.1034/j.1600-0684.2003.00008.x

Spontaneous endometriosis was diagnosed in 43 baboons over a 14-year period. Thirty-seven have died; five remain alive; one was sold and lost to follow-up. The average age at diagnosis was 17.2 years; 29 (67%) were between 12 and 21 years o…