Transplacental priming of the human immune system to environmental allergens: Universal skewing of initial T cell responses toward the Th2 cytokine profile

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 160, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 4730-4737

  Prescott, Susan L ^a   Macaubas, Claudia ^a   Holt, Barbara J ^a   Smallacombe, Troy B ^a   Loh, Richard ^a   Sly, Peter D ^a   Holt, Patrick G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTOGLOBULIN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; TETANUS TOXIN;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MEMORY CELL; NEWBORN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 0032524991     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.160.10.4730     Document Type: Article

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