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Disease susceptibility

Known as: Disease Susceptibility [Disease/Finding], Diathesis, liability to disease 
A constitution or condition of the body which makes the tissues react in special ways to certain extrinsic stimuli and thus tends to make the… 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Genome-wide meta-analysis increases to 71 the number of confirmed Crohn's disease susceptibility loci
We undertook a meta-analysis of six Crohn's disease genome-wide association studies (GWAS) comprising 6,333 affected individuals… 
Review
2010
Review
2010
Emergence of a new antibiotic resistance mechanism in India, Pakistan, and the UK: a molecular, biological, and epidemiological study
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Agar and broth dilution methods to determine the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of antimicrobial substances
The aim of broth and agar dilution methods is to determine the lowest concentration of the assayed antimicrobial agent (minimal… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Environmental epigenomics and disease susceptibility
Epidemiological evidence increasingly suggests that environmental exposures early in development have a role in susceptibility to… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
The Human Microbiome Project
A strategy to understand the microbial components of the human genetic and metabolic landscape and how they contribute to normal… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Epigenetic differences arise during the lifetime of monozygotic twins.
Monozygous twins share a common genotype. However, most monozygotic twin pairs are not identical; several types of phenotypic… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Stress and depression.
  • C. Hammen
  • Annual Review of Clinical Psychology
  • 2005
  • Corpus ID: 17119300
Improved methods of assessment and research design have established a robust and causal association between stressful life events… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Association of the T-cell regulatory gene CTLA4 with susceptibility to autoimmune disease
Genes and mechanisms involved in common complex diseases, such as the autoimmune disorders that affect approximately 5% of the… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
The importance of the ratio of omega-6/omega-3 essential fatty acids.
  • A. Simopoulos
  • Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine…
  • 2002
  • Corpus ID: 8170688
Review
1998
Review
1998
Brain corticosteroid receptor balance in health and disease.
In this review, we have described the function of MR and GR in hippocampal neurons. The balance in actions mediated by the two… 
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