Mucosal immunity and allergic responses: Lack of regulation and/or lack of microbial stimulation?

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 206, Issue , 2005, Pages 204-218

  Prioult, Guénolée ^a,b   Nagler Anderson, Cathryn ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 10; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD ALLERGY; HEREDITY; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL;

EID: 22644443548     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-2896.2005.00277.x     Document Type: Review

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