Gene-environment interaction in autoimmune disease

Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Ellis, Justine A ^a,b   Kemp, Andrew S ^c   Ponsonby, Anne Louise ^b,c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE M1; HLA DR ANTIGEN; TOBACCO SMOKE; VITAMIN D;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELIAC DISEASE; CROHN DISEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFECTION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SMOKING; SUN EXPOSURE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AUTOIMMUNITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84896483722     PISSN: 14623994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/erm.2014.5     Document Type: Review

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