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Expression of Genes Related to Anti-Inflammatory Pathways Are Modified Among Farmers’ Children
6 Mar 2014
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BACKGROUND: The hygiene hypothesis states that children exposed to higher loads of microbes such as farmers' children suffer less from allergies later in life. Several immunological mechanisms underpinning the hygiene hypothesis have been proposed such as a shift in T helper cell balance, T regulatory cell activity, or immune regulatory mechanisms induced by the innate immunity. OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether...
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