Aberrant interaction of the gut immune system with environmental factors in the development of food allergies

Current Allergy and Asthma Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 215-221

  Kunisawa, Jun ^a   Kiyono, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Commensal bacteria; Food allergy; Mucosal immunology; Vitamin

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12P40; INTERLEUKIN 4; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ALLERGIC REACTION; BASOPHIL; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAT INTAKE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTESTINE; MILK; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; BASOPHILS; DENDRITIC CELLS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MILK; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 77952094934     PISSN: 15297322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-010-0097-z     Document Type: Review

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