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Title:

Microbes and asthma: Opportunities for intervention.

Document type:
Journal Article; Review
Author(s):
Smits, Hermelijn H; Hiemstra, Pieter S; Prazeres da Costa, Clarissa; Ege, Markus; Edwards, Michael; Garn, Holger; Howarth, Peter H; Jartti, Tuomas; de Jong, Esther C; Maizels, Rick M; Marsland, Ben J; McSorley, Henry J; Müller, Anne; Pfefferle, Petra I; Savelkoul, Huub; Schwarze, Jürgen; Unger, Wendy W J; von Mutius, Erika; Yazdanbakhsh, Maria; Taube, Christian
Abstract:
The worldwide incidence and prevalence of asthma continues to increase. Asthma is now understood as an umbrella term for different phenotypes or endotypes, which arise through different pathophysiologic pathways. Understanding the many factors contributing to development of the disease is important for the identification of novel therapeutic targets for the treatment of certain asthma phenotypes. The hygiene hypothesis has been formulated to explain the increasing prevalence of allergic disease,...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
J Allergy Clin Immunol
Year:
2016
Journal volume:
137
Journal issue:
3
Pages contribution:
690-7
Language:
eng
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2016.01.004
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26947981
Print-ISSN:
0091-6749
TUM Institution:
Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Immunologie und Hygiene
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