Effects of Lactobacillus GG treatment during pregnancy on the development of fetal antigen-specific immune responses

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1882-1890

  Boyle, R J ^b   Mah, L J ^b   Chen, A ^b   Kivivuori, S ^b   Robins Browne, R M ^b   Tang, M L K ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eczema; Immune regulation; Pregnancy; Probiotic; T cell proliferation

Indexed keywords

FETAL ANTIGEN; OVALBUMIN; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; DRUG MECHANISM; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROBIOTICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56549110793     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2008.03100.x     Document Type: Article

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