Genome-wide association study identifies the SERPINB gene cluster as a susceptibility locus for food allergy

Genome-wide association study identifies the SERPINB gene cluster as a susceptibility locus for food allergy

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: 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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01220-0

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01220-0

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