Neonatal interleukin-12 capacity is associated with variations in allergen-specific immune responses in the neonatal and postnatal periods

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 566-572

  Prescott, Susan L ^a   Taylor, A ^a   King, B ^a   Dunstan, J ^a   Upham, J W ^a   Thornton, C A ^a   Holt, P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allergens; Allergy; APC; Cord blood; Cytokines; IL 12; Infants

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BETA LACTOGLOBULIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 13; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; OVALBUMIN; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ADULT; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CAT; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ALLERGENS; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; CYTOKINES; FETAL BLOOD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-12; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MITOGENS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037903556     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2003.01659.x     Document Type: Article

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