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Allergy challenged

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An article suggesting that allergic responses may not be an accident of an off-target immune system, but rather a deliberate defence against potential harm, provokes the question of whether our understanding of allergy needs an overhaul. Immunologists provide their opinions. See Perspective p.465

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  1. David Artis is in the Department of Microbiology and the Institute for Immunology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.,

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  2. Rick M. Maizels is at the Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, UK.,

    Rick M. Maizels

  3. Fred D. Finkelman is in the Department of Medicine, and in the Department of Internal Medicine, and the Division of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45220, USA, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.,

    Fred D. Finkelman

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