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Nature Immunology  6, 223 - 226 (2005)
doi:10.1038/ni0305-223

Air pollution and allergy: you are what you breathe

Andrew Saxon & David Diaz-Sanchez

Andrew Saxon and David Diaz-Sanchez are with the Hart and Louis Laboratory, Division of Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA. ddiazsa@mednet.ucla.edu

How does air pollution affect asthma and allergic rhinitis? Particulate and gaseous pollution drive proallergic inflammation through the generation of oxidative stress, which is regulated by individual genetic susceptibility.

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