Development of mucosal immune function in the intrauterine and early postnatal environment

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 655-660

  Blümer, Nicole ^a   Pfefferle, Petra Ina ^a   Renz, Harald ^a,b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Fetal and early postnatal gut immunology; Food allergy; Gut colonization

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; FOOD ALLERGEN; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

BREAST MILK; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTESTINE; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; ANTIGENS, CD14; B-LYMPHOCYTES; FETUS; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HUMANS; MILK, HUMAN; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 34848888358     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOG.0b013e3282eeb428     Document Type: Review

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