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toxin hypothesis of allergy: a standalone construct

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Immunology

the proposal that IgE-mediated allergy evolved as a defense that expels or neutralizes environmental toxins.

In immunology, toxin hypothesis of allergy refers to the proposal that IgE-mediated allergy evolved as a defense that expels or neutralizes environmental toxins. This meaning comes from Profet (1991) in The Quarterly Review of Biology.[1]

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References

  1. Profet, M. (1991). The Function of Allergy: Immunological Defense Against Toxins. The Quarterly Review of Biology, 66(1), 23-62. https://doi.org/10.1086/417049

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