Antibiotic use during infancy promotes a shift in the TH1/TH2 balance toward TH2-dominant immunity in mice

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 153-159

  Oyama, Naomi ^a   Sudo, Nobuyuki ^a   Sogawa, Hiroshi ^a   Kubo, Chiharu ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

1FN ; Antibiotics; IgE; IL 12; IL 4; Intestinal microflora; Kanamycin

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4; KANAMYCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; DRUG EFFECT; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEYER PATCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; THYMUS;

EID: 0035141642     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2001.111142     Document Type: Article

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