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Abstract
A recent paper suggests that reduced exposure to germs results in the expansion of a cell type called natural killer T cells, which predisposes to colitis and asthma. Such a scenario could explain the Hygiene Hypothesis, which has been a puzzle for decades.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22525335 PMCID: PMC3411171 DOI: 10.1038/cr.2012.65
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell Res ISSN: 1001-0602 Impact factor: 25.617