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Early life precursors, epigenetics, and the development of food allergy.
Seminars in immunopathology - 1 Sept 2012
Hong Xiumei, Wang Xiaobin
Abstract excerpt
Food allergy (FA), a major clinical and public health concern worldwide, is caused by a complex interplay of environmental exposures, genetic variants, gene-environment interactions, and epigenetic alterations. This review summarizes recent advances surrounding these key factors, with a particular focus on the potential role of epigenetics in the development of FA. Epidemiologic studies have reported a number of...
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