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Toll-like receptors and microbial exposure: gene-gene and gene-environment interaction in the development of atopy.
The European respiratory journal - 1 Oct 2011
Reijmerink N E, Kerkhof M, Bottema R W B, Gerritsen J, Stelma F F, Thijs C, van Schayck C P, Smit H A, Brunekreef B, Postma D S, Koppelman G H
Abstract excerpt
Environmental and genetic factors contribute to atopy development. High microbial exposure may confer a protective effect on atopy. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) bind microbial products and are important in activating the immune system. To assess whether interactions between microbial exposures and genes encoding TLRs (and related genes) result in atopy, genes, environmental factors and gene-environment interactions...
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