Reduced maternal regulatory T cell numbers and increased T helper type 2 cytokine production are associated with elevated levels of immunoglobulin e in cord blood

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 419-426

  Hinz, D ^a,b   Simon, J C ^b   Maier Simon, C ^b   Milkova, L ^b   Roder S ^a   Sack, U ^c   Borte, M ^c   Lehmann, I ^a   Herberth, G ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cord blood; Maternal regulatory T cells; Neonates; Th2 cytokines

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHILD; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; RISK FACTOR; TH2 CELL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

CELL COUNT; COHORT STUDIES; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 76349102113     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2009.03434.x     Document Type: Article

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