MC Munthe-Kaas, K Håkon Carlsen, PJ Helms, … - The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2004 - Elsevier Several genomic regions are reported to be associated with the development of
asthma and allergy, including chromosome 2q33. This region harbors the candidate
gene cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4), an important regulator of ... Cited by 51 - Related articles - All 3 versions
LM Maier, JMM Howson, N Walker, GP … - The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2006 - Elsevier Using the largest sample sizes reported so far for the identification of genetic
determinants of circulating IgE levels, we investigated associations between
total serum IgE (log-transformed) and single nucleotide polymorphisms in 8 ... Cited by 25 - Related articles - All 36 versions
AT Borchers, CL Keen, ME Gershwin - Journal of Asthma, 2005 - informahealthcare.com The hygiene hypothesis was developed in response to data suggesting that the
increase in allergic diseases as well as asthma was secondary to a reduced
exposure to infectious stimuli. Indeed, the epidemiologic changes, ... Cited by 24 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
J Ludvigsson - ANNALS-NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, 2006 - interscience.wiley.com Abstract: There is a wide spectrum within the diabetes syndrome. Type 1 diabetes
may have a slow progression with good residual insulin secretion and without
autoantibodies, while phenotypic type 2 diabetes may have autoantibodies. A ... Cited by 21 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
G Jones, S Wu, N Jang, D Fulcher, P Hogan, … - British Journal of Dermatology, 2006 - interscience.wiley.com Background Atopic dermatitis (AD) is one of the most common childhood disorders.
It can have a significant impact on the physical and psychological well-being of
affected individuals. Although environmental triggers are important, AD ... Cited by 15 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
D Vercelli, FD Martinez - The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 2006 - Elsevier This striking success is likely to be rooted in the hope that genetics might
help provide answers to some of the least tractable issues in the field of
complex lung diseases, such as the identification of risk factors, the ... Cited by 11 - Related articles - All 23 versions
RL Rabin, AI Levinson - Clinical and Experimental Immunology, 2008 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov There has been considerable interest in defining the relationship between the
expression of allergic and autoimmune diseases in populations of patients. Are
patients with autoimmune disease 'protected' from developing allergic ( ... Cited by 7 - Related articles - All 5 versions
J Torres-Borrego, AB Molina-Terán, C … - Allergologia et immunopathologia - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Allergic disorders are the chronic diseases of greatest pediatric morbidity,
affecting over 25 % of the pediatric population. Indeed, this situation has been
referred to as an "allergic epidemic". In comparison with asthma, atopic ... Cited by 5 - Related articles - All 4 versions
K Engkilde, T Menné, JD Johansen - Diabetologia, 2006 - Springer Abstract Aims/hypothesis: Contact allergy (CA) is a disease induced and
maintained by environmental factors, which mainly has a Th2 pattern in its
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