Mechanisms of the hygiene hypothesis--molecular and otherwise.

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The hygiene hypothesis was initially formulated to explain the steep increase in the prevalence of allergies in Western societies observed over the past few decades. It proposes that the microbial environment interfaces with the innate immune system and modulates its ability to impart instructions to adaptive immune responses, particularly when such interactions occur in utero and/or in early life. Recent...

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