The microbiota and Allergies/Asthma

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1-3

  Huffnagle, Gary B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIGEN; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CEFOPERAZONE; INTERLEUKIN 10; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ALLERGY; ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BYSTANDER EFFECT; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIET; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOMODULATION; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE FLORA; LIFESTYLE; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; NASOPHARYNX; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 77954061744     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000549     Document Type: Article

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