Maternal filaggrin mutations increase the risk of atopic dermatitis in children: an effect independent of mutation inheritance.
Epidemiological studies suggest that allergy risk is preferentially transmitted through mothers. This can be due to genomic imprinting, where the phenotype effect of an allele depends on its parental origin, or due to maternal effects reflecting the maternal genome's influence on the child duri...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2015-03-01
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Series: | PLoS Genetics |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4355615?pdf=render |