Higher circulating EGF levels associate with a decreased risk of IgE sensitization in young children.

Linnea Reinert-HartwallHeli SiljanderTaina HärkönenTommi VatanenJorma IlonenOnni NiemeläKristiina LuopajärviNatalya DorshakovaSergei MokurovAleksandr PeetVallo TillmannRaivo UiboOlli H LaitinenOuti VaaralaJarno Honkanennull null

Published in: Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology (2021)

Our results suggest that low circulating EGF levels associate with the risk of allergies possibly via the effects on the epithelial integrity and mucosal homeostasis.

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growth factor