Evolution and respiratory genetics

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1258-1263

  Le Souef P N ^a   Candelaria, P ^a   Goldblatt, J ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma genetics; Evolution; Parasites; T helper 2 responses

Indexed keywords

BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; STAT6 PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HELMINTHIASIS; HELPER CELL; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SELECTION (GENETICS); TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 33845368644     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.06.00088006     Document Type: Article

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