Can bacterial endotoxin exposure reverse atopy and atopic disease?

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1051-1054

  Douwes, Jeroen ^a   Le Gros, Graham ^b   Gibson, Peter ^c   Pearce, Neil ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

allergies; Asthma; atopy; endotoxin; hygiene hypothesis; protection

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENDOTOXIN;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ATOPY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; DOWN REGULATION; ECZEMA; EOSINOPHILIA; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; HYGIENE; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 7944226624     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2004.08.004     Document Type: Article

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