Interactions between genes and the environment. Epigenetics in allergy

Allergologia et Immunopathologia

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 254-258

  Isidoro Garcia M ^a   Davila Gonzalez I ^a   Pascual De Pedro, M ^a   Sanz Lozano, C ^a   Lorente Toledano, F ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b Unidad de Alergia Infantil   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allergy; Epigenetics; Methylation; Silencing; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RIBOZYME;

ALLERGY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 37249048333     PISSN: 03010546     EISSN: 15781267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13112992     Document Type: Article

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