Air pollution, genetics, and allergy: An update

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 455-460

  Carlsten, Chris ^a   Melén, Erik ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

air pollution; allergy; epigenetics; genetics

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CASPASE RECRUITMENT DOMAIN PROTEIN 4; ENDOTOXIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE M1; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE P1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OVALBUMIN; OZONE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TOBACCO SMOKE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA METHYLATION; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIGENETICS; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INDIA; INNATE IMMUNITY; KOREA; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; TRAFFIC; WHEEZING;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECZEMA; EPIGENOMICS; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 84865999866     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0b013e328357cc55     Document Type: Review

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