Probiotics in infancy induce protective immune profiles that are characteristic for chronic low-grade inflammation

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 611-618

  Marschan, E ^a,b   Kuitunen, M ^b   Kukkonen, K ^b   Poussa, T ^c   Sarnesto, A ^a   Haahtela, T ^b   Korpela, R ^d,e   Savilahti, E ^a   Vaarala, O ^f  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c STAT Consulting   (Finland)

^d VALIO LTD   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Atopic; CRP; IgA; IgE; IL 10; Oral tolerance; Probiotic; Regulatory cells

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECZEMA; EXCESSIVE CRYING; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PHENOTYPE; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; VOMITING;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYTOKINES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; ODDS RATIO; PHENOTYPE; PLACEBOS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PROBIOTICS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 40949158856     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2008.02942.x     Document Type: Article

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