Gene - Environment interactions in asthma and allergy: The end of the beginning?

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 145-148

  Vercelli, Donata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Environment interactions; Gene; Genome wide association studies; Innate immunity

Indexed keywords

CD14 ANTIGEN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ALLERGY; ASTHMA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD14; ASTHMA; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

EID: 77950973118     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0b013e32833653d7     Document Type: Review

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