Publication Date:
2015-02-26
Description:
Article Food allergy is a growing clinical and public health burden. Here, the authors carry out a genome-wide association study in samples with well-defined allergies to a variety of foods, and identify the 6p21.32 region that significantly increases risk of developing peanut allergy. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms7304 Authors: Xiumei Hong, Ke Hao, Christine Ladd-Acosta, Kasper D. Hansen, Hui-Ju Tsai, Xin Liu, Xin Xu, Timothy A. Thornton, Deanna Caruso, Corinne A. Keet, Yifei Sun, Guoying Wang, Wei Luo, Rajesh Kumar, Ramsay Fuleihan, Anne Marie Singh, Jennifer S. Kim, Rachel E. Story, Ruchi S. Gupta, Peisong Gao, Zhu Chen, Sheila O. Walker, Tami R. Bartell, Terri H. Beaty, M. Daniele Fallin, Robert Schleimer, Patrick G. Holt, Kari Christine Nadeau, Robert A. Wood, Jacqueline A. Pongracic, Daniel E. Weeks, Xiaobin Wang
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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