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Gene-environment interactions influence airways function in laboratory animal workers.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Aug 2010
Pacheco Karin A, Rose Cecile S, Silveira Lori J, Van Dyke Michael V, Goelz Kelly, MacPhail Kristyn, Maier Lisa A
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BACKGROUND: Most diseases, including asthma, result from the interaction between environmental exposures and genetic variants. Functional variants of CD14 negatively affect lung function in farm workers and children exposed to animal allergens and endotoxin. OBJECTIVE: We hypothesized that CD14 polymorphisms interact with inhaled endotoxin, mouse allergen, or both to decrease airways function in laboratory animal...
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