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Toll-like receptor heterodimer variants protect from childhood asthma.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Jul 2008
Kormann Michael S D, Depner Martin, Hartl Dominik, Klopp Norman, Illig Thomas, Adamski Jerzy, Vogelberg Christian, Weiland Stephan K, von Mutius Erika, Kabesch Michael
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BACKGROUND: Early exposure to microbes reduces the risk for asthma. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) represent a major group of receptors for the specific recognition of pathogen-associated molecular patterns of microbes capable of activating innate and adaptive immunity. OBJECTIVE: Because TLRs can influence key events in the induction and perpetuation of asthma and atopy, we sought to determine whether genetic...
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