Raised serum IgE associated with reduced responsiveness to DPT vaccination during infancy

Lancet

Volumn 351, Issue 9114, 1998, Pages 1489-

  Prescott, Susan L ^b   Sly, Peter D ^b   Holt, Patrick G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; ATOPY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 0032537364     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)78871-1     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. 1 Holt PG, Clough JB, Holt BJ, et al. Genetic "risk" for atopy is associated with delayed postnatal maturation of T cell competence. Clin Exp Allergy 1992; 22: 1093.
2. 2 Holt PG, Sly PD, Björkstén B. Atopic versus infectious disease in childhood: a question of balance? Pediatr Allergy Immunol 1997; 8: 53.
3. 3 Shirakawa T, Enmomoto T, Shimazu S, Hopkin J. Inverse association between tuberculin responses and atopic disorder. Science 1997; 272: 77.
4. 4 Prescott SL, Macaubas C, Holt BJ, et al. Transplacental priming of the human immune system to environmental allergens: universal skewing of initial T-cell responses towards Th-2 cytokine profile. J Immunol (in press).