Developing patterns of T cell memory to environmental allergens in the first two years of life

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 113, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 75-79

  Prescott, Susan L ^a   Macaubas, Claudia ^a   Yabuhara, Akihiro ^a   Venaille, Thierry J ^a   Holt, Barbara J ^a   Habre, Walid ^a   Loh, Richard ^a   Sly, Peter D ^a   Holt, P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allergy; Cord blood; Cytokines; Th1 Th2; Tolerance suppression

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; MESSENGER RNA; OVALBUMIN; TETANUS TOXOID;

ATOPY; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ALLERGENS; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERFERON TYPE II; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0030994764     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000237512     Document Type: Article

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