Does paternal antigen-induced secretion of interleukin-10 by T regulatory cells mediate the birth order effect?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 740-743

  Bernsen, R M ^a   Nagelkerke, Nico J ^a   al Ramadi, Basel K ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANTIGENS; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INTERLEUKIN-10; MALE; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; PARITY; PREGNANCY; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 33745959791     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.04.034     Document Type: Article

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