Shining a light on vitamin D and its impact on the developing immune system

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 766-768

  Mullins, R J ^a,b,c   Camargo Jr, C A ^d,e  

^a John James Medical Centre   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VITAMIN D;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INNATE IMMUNITY; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SENSITIZATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WHEEZING;

HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 79955780018     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2011.03742.x     Document Type: Editorial

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