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Rapid evolution of primate type 2 immune response factors linked to asthma susceptibility
2016-10-12
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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> Host immunity pathways evolve rapidly in response to antagonism by pathogens. Microbial infections can also trigger excessive inflammation that contributes to diverse autoimmune disorders including asthma, lupus, diabetes, and arthritis. Definitive links between immune system evolution and human autoimmune disease remain unclear. Here we provide evidence that several components of the type 2 imm...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 74592ad9-7e49-55de-82fc-a045a32aac3d
- DOI
- 10.1101/080424