Epidemiological and immunological evidence for the hygiene hypothesis

Immunobiology

Volumn 212, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 441-452

  Garn, Holger ^a   Renz, Harald ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergy; Hygiene hypothesis; Innate immunity; T cell responses

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 9; METHACHOLINE; PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ALLERGIC DISEASE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INNATE IMMUNITY; LIFESTYLE; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

EID: 34249732096     PISSN: 01712985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2007.03.006     Document Type: Review

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