Environmental exposures and mechanisms in allergy and asthma development.

ABSTRACT: Environmental exposures interplay with human host factors to promote the development and progression of allergic diseases. The worldwide prevalence of allergic disease is rising as a result of complex gene-environment interactions that shape the immune system and host response. Research shows an association between the rise of allergic diseases and increasingly modern Westernized lifestyles, which are characterized by increased urbanization, time spent indoors, and antibiotic usage. These environmental changes result in increased exposure to air and traffic pollution, fungi, infectious agents, tobacco smoke, and other early-life and lifelong risk factors for the development and exacerbation of asthma and allergic diseases. It is increasingly recognized that the timing, load, and route of a

SUBMITTER: Murrison LB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6436881 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature