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Opisthorchis felineus liver fluke invasion is an environmental factor modifying genetic risk of atopic bronchial asthma.
Acta tropica - 1 Nov 2014
Saltykova Irina V, Ogorodova Ludmila M, Bragina Elena Yu, Puzyrev Valery P, Freidin Maxim B
Abstract excerpt
According to epidemiological observations, Opisthorchis felineus liver fluke invasion is negatively associated with the development and severity of allergic diseases in endemic regions of Russia. We hypothesized that the invasion is an important factor in gene-environmental interactions (GEI) underlying allergy. To prove this, we tested 10 single nucleotide polymorphisms of immune response modifying genes in 428...
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