The effect of placental malaria infection on cord blood and maternal immunoregulatory responses at birth

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1062-1072

  Flanagan, Katie L ^a   Halliday, Alice ^a   Burl, Sarah ^a   Landgraf, Katja ^a   Jagne, Ya Jankey ^a   Noho Konteh, Fatou ^a   Townend, John ^a   Miles, David J C ^a,b   Van Der Sande, Marianne ^a,c   Whittle, Hilton ^a   Rowland Jones, Sarah ^a,d  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FOXP3; IL 10; Placental malaria; Treg

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL DISEASES; FETUS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-10; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 77951081046     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200939638     Document Type: Article

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