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The Slc11a1 (Nramp1) gene controls efficacy of mycobacterial treatment of allergic asthma.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Jul 2003
Smit Joost J, Van Loveren Henk, Hoekstra Maarten O, Karimi Khalil, Folkerts Gert, Nijkamp Frans P
Abstract excerpt
Genes controlling antibacterial resistance may be important in the hygiene hypothesis, which states that lack of bacterial infections during childhood would favor development of allergic disease. We, therefore, studied whether Nramp1 (Slc11a1) alleles, which determine susceptibility (Nramp1(s)) or resistance (Nramp1(r)) to intracellular bacteria, affect the efficacy of heat-killed Mycobacterium vaccae in the...
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