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The type 2 cytokine IL-13 is a key mediator of allergic airway diseases, such as asthma, and is up-regulated in response to many asthma-promoting exposures.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To directly study the epigenetic response of airway epithelial cells (AECs) to IL-13 and test whether IL-13\u2013induced epigenetic changes differ between individuals with and without asthma.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Genome-wide DNA methylation and gene expression patterns were studied in 58 IL-13\u2013treated and untreated primary AEC cultures and validated in freshly isolated cells of subjects with and without asthma using the Illumina Human Methylation 450K and HumanHT-12 BeadChips. IL-13\u2013mediated comethylation modules were identified and correlated with clinical phenotypes using weighted gene coexpression network analysis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Measurements and Main Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>IL-13 altered global DNA methylation patterns in cultured AECs and were significantly enriched near genes associated with asthma. 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