Pulmonary epithelial barrier and immunological functions at birth and in early life - key determinants of the development of asthma?  A description of the protocol for the Breathing Together study [version 1; referees: 2 approved]

Background.  Childhood asthma is a common complex condition whose aetiology is thought to involve gene-environment interactions in early life occurring at the airway epithelium, associated with immune dysmaturation.  It is not clear if abnormal airway epithelium cell (AEC) and cellular immune system...

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Main Authors: Steve Turner, Adnan Custovic, Peter Ghazal, Jonathan Grigg, Mindy Gore, John Henderson, Clare M. Lloyd, Ben Marsland, Ultan F. Power, Graham Roberts, Sejal Saglani, Jurgen Schwarze, Michael Shields, Andrew Bush
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wellcome 2018-05-01
Series:Wellcome Open Research
Online Access:https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/3-60/v1