Gene-environment interaction in allergic disease: More questions, more answers?

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1266-1268

  Koppelman, Gerard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CD14; environment; Gene; interaction

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CD14 GENE; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; FARM MILK CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

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

EID: 36749068002     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2007.10.007     Document Type: Editorial

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