Immunology of pregnancy

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 357-365

  Thornton, Catherine A ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergy; Diet; Fetal programming; Immunology; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CD134 ANTIGEN; CIGARETTE SMOKE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; FISH OIL; FOLIC ACID; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA G ANTIGEN; INDOLEAMINE 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 9; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MEMBRANE COFACTOR PROTEIN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; FETUS MONITORING; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; STROKE; TH2 CELL; TROPHOBLAST; WHEEZING;

CHILD; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 77957336033     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: 14752719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0029665110001886     Document Type: Conference Paper

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