Rhinovirus species/genotypes and interferon-λ: subtypes, receptor and polymorphisms - missing pieces of the puzzle of childhood asthma?

Affiliations

• ¹ Dept of Molecular Pneumology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
• ² Dept of Virology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
• ³ Allergy and Clinical Immunology Unit, 2nd Paediatric Clinic, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
• ⁴ Translational Genomics Core, Partners Biobank, Partners HealthCare, Personalized Medicine, Cambridge, MA, USA.
• ⁵ Institute of Human Genetics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
• ⁶ Children's Hospital, Dept of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
• ⁷ Children's Hospital, Dept of Allergy and Pneumology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
• ⁸ Dept of Immunology, Rheumatology and Allergy, Medical University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland.
• ⁹ Dept of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland.
• ¹⁰ Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland.
• ¹¹ Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
• ¹² Dept of Molecular Pneumology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany [email protected].