Gene-environment interactions in the development of asthma and atopy

Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 301-308

  Custovic, Adnan ^a   Marinho, Susana ^a   Simpson, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

asthma; asthma phenotypes; environment; gene environment interactions; genetics

Indexed keywords

ADAM PROTEIN; ADAM33 PROTEIN; ALLERGEN; CD14 ANTIGEN; ENDOTOXIN; FILAGGRIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; TOBACCO SMOKE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASTHMA; ATOPY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILD CARE; DIET; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENETICS; EXERCISE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HERITABILITY; HOUSING; HYGIENE HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PASSIVE SMOKING; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIGREE; PET ANIMAL; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WHEEZING;

EID: 84863894616     PISSN: 17476348     EISSN: 17476356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ers.12.24     Document Type: Review

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