Germ-free status and altered caecal subdominant microbiota are associated with a high susceptibility to cow's milk allergy in mice

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 133-144

  Rodriguez, Bertrand ^a   Prioult, Guénolée ^b   Bibiloni, Rodrigo ^b   Nicolis, Ioannis ^a   Mercenier, Annick ^b   Butel, Marie José ^a   Waligora Dupriet, Anne Judith ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES PHARMACEUTIQUES ET BIOLOGIQUES   (France)

^b NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Allergic symptoms; Cow's milk allergy; Germ free mouse; Gut microbiota; Murine model; Staphylococci

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CHYMASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LACTOGLOBULIN; MCPT1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; MILK PROTEIN; WHEY PROTEIN;

ALLERGY; ANTIBODY; CHOLERA; COLONIZATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROKINESIS; FOOD QUALITY; MILK; PLASMA; PROTEIN; RODENT; SYMPTOM; TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; C3H MOUSE; CATTLE; CECUM; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; FECES; GERMFREE ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK ALLERGY; MOUSE; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CECUM; CHYMASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; GERM-FREE LIFE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LACTOGLOBULINS; METAGENOME; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MILK HYPERSENSITIVITY; MILK PROTEINS; SPLEEN;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; MUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 79952363610     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.01035.x     Document Type: Article

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