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Dog Allergy, a Model for Allergy Genetics
4 Sept 2009
Abstract excerpt
Experimental sensitization in dogs has revealed that the capacity to produce high levels of IgE against a variety of allergens (high IgE responders), an essential characteristic of the atopic state, is a genetic trait inherited in a dominant manner. In high IgE responder dogs spontaneous development of IgE to inhaled allergens, such as house dust mites, on the other hand, represents an apparent phenotype very...
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