Prenatal versus postnatal sensitization to environmental allergens in a high-risk birth cohort

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1164-1173

  Rowe, Julie ^a   Kusel, Merci ^a   Holt, Barbara J ^a   Suriyaarachchi, Devinda ^a   Serralha, Michael ^a   Hollams, Elysia ^a   Yerkovich, Stephanie T ^a   Subrata, Lily S ^a   Ladyman, Claire ^a   Sadowska, Agata ^a   Gillett, Jamie ^b   Fisher, Elizabeth ^b   Loh, Richard ^b   Soderstrom, Lars ^c,d   Ahlstedt, Staffan ^c,d   Sly, Peter D ^a   Holt, Patrick G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^c Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atopy; cytokines; IgE; IgG4; T cell memory; TH2

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; INFANT; KINETICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEANUT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; TH2 CELL;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-5; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PYROGLYPHIDAE; RISK FACTORS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 34247516131     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2007.02.016     Document Type: Article

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