Umbilical cord plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration and immune function at birth: The Urban Environment and Childhood Asthma study

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 842-850

  Chi, A ^a   Wildfire, J ^b   Mcloughlin, R ^c   Wood, R A ^d   Bloomberg, G R ^e   Kattan, M ^f   Gergen, P ^g   Gold, D R ^c   Witter, F ^d   Chen, T ^h   Holick, M ^h   Visness, C ^b   Gern, J ⁱ   O'Connor, G T ^h  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RHO INC   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Columbia University School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^h BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Umbilical cord plasma; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD4 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ARTICLE; ATOPY; BIRTH; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOREGULATION; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; RISK FACTORS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; URBAN HEALTH; VITAMIN D; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955785872     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2011.03712.x     Document Type: Article

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