Environmental Health Center Institute of Asthma and Allergy Prevention
Asthma is an inflammatory disease of the airways of the lungs. It is not one disease but a syndrome consisting of many so far not well-characterized and delineated genetic and environmental determinants. The focus of our work at the Institute of Asthma and Allergy Prevention (IAP) is to develop novel asthma and allergy prevention strategies and characterize in-depth asthma phenotypes.
Asthma is an inflammatory disease of the airways of the lungs. It is not one disease but a syndrome consisting of many so far not well-characterized and delineated genetic and environmental determinants. The focus of our work at the Institute of Asthma and Allergy Prevention (IAP) is to develop novel asthma and allergy prevention strategies and characterize in-depth asthma phenotypes.
Selected Publications
2015 Science
Farm dust and endotoxin protect against allergy through A20 induction in lung epithelial cells
2012 J Allergy Clin Immunol
Protection from childhood asthma and allergy in Alpine farm environments
2011 N Engl J Med
Exposure to environmental microorganisms and childhood asthma