Gene-environmental interaction in asthma

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-82

  Yang, Ian A ^a,b   Savarimuthu, Santiyagu ^a,b   Kim, Samuel T ^a,b   Holloway, John W ^c   Bell, Scott C ^a,b   Fong, Kwun M ^a,b  

^a THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Environmental exposure; Experimental model; Genetic predisposition to disease; Research design

Indexed keywords

CD14 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; ENDOTOXIN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; OVALBUMIN; OZONE; TOBACCO SMOKE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CELL CULTURE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EOSINOPHILIA; EX VIVO STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION; MATERNAL SMOKING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; REVIEW; RHINOVIRUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TWINS; VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; WHEEZING;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS;

EID: 33846214690     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0b013e328012ce39     Document Type: Review

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