Prenatal exposure to house dust mite allergen (Der p 1), cord blood T cell phenotype and cytokine production and atopic dermatitis during the first year of life

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 308-315

  Hagendorens, Margo M ^a,b   Ebo, Didier G ^a   Bridts, Chris H ^a   Van De Water, Leon ^a   De Clerck, Luc S ^a   Stevens, Wim J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Cord blood; Cytokines; Der p 1; House dust mite; T lymphocyte

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; IONOMYCIN; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SENSITIZATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; CYTOKINES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 4143136392     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2004.00169.x     Document Type: Article

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