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Role of innate immunity in the development of allergy and asthma.
Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Apr 2011
Sly Peter D, Holt Patrick G
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Asthma is essentially a developmental disease, in which the normal growth and development of the respiratory and immune systems are affected by environmental exposures acting on underlying genetic predispositions. The purpose of this review is to examine the role of innate immunity in the lungs in the development of allergy and asthma. RECENT FINDINGS: Both the innate and adaptive arms of the...
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