학술논문
Genome-wide association study identifies the SERPINB gene cluster as a susceptibility locus for food allergy
Document Type
article
Author
Ingo Marenholz; Sarah Grosche; Birgit Kalb; Franz Rüschendorf; Katharina Blümchen; Rupert Schlags; Neda Harandi; Mareike Price; Gesine Hansen; Jürgen Seidenberg; Holger Röblitz; Songül Yürek; Sebastian Tschirner; Xiumei Hong; Xiaobin Wang; Georg Homuth; Carsten O. Schmidt; Markus M. Nöthen; Norbert Hübner; Bodo Niggemann; Kirsten Beyer; Young-Ae Lee
Source
Nature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2017)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
2041-1723
Abstract
Food allergy is an increasing public health problem. In a genome-wide scan of children diagnosed by oral food challenge, Marenholz et al. find new genetic associations underlying food allergy, implicating the immune system and the epithelial barrier.