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Analysis of FOXP3 gene in children with allergy and autoimmune diseases.
Allergologia et immunopathologia - 1 Jan 2000
Pacheco-Gonzalez R M, Avila C, Dávila I, García-Sánchez A, Hernández-Hernández L, Benito-Pescador D, Torres R, Prieto-Matos P, Isidoro-Garcia M, Lorente F, Sanz C
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BACKGROUND: Allergy and autoimmunity are important immunological entities underlying chronic diseases in children. In some cases both entities develop simultaneously in the same patient. FOXP3 gene codes for a transcription factor involved in regulation of the immune system. Considering that regulatory T cells are involved in controlling immunological disease development, and the relevant role of FOXP3 in this...
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