Low vitamin D status is associated with low cord blood levels of the immunosuppressive cytokine interleukin-10

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 242-246

  Zittermann, Armin ^a,b   Dembinski, Jörg ^a   Stehle, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D; 25 hydroxyvitamin D; Allergy; Interleukin 10; Total IgE

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCITRIOL; CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 10; VITAMIN D;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUMMER; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; WINTER;

25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D 2; CALCIFEDIOL; CALCIUM; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FETAL BLOOD; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERLEUKIN-10; SEASONS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 3142666845     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2004.00140.x     Document Type: Article

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