Highway to health; or How prenatal factors determine disease risks in the later life of the offspring

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-8

  Solano, María Emilia ^a   Jago, Caitlin ^a,b   Pincus, Maike K ^c   Arck, Petra Clara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immune ontogeny; Mice; Pregnancy; Progesterone; Stress

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PROGESTERONE;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; LIFESTYLE; MATERNAL AGE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; ORGANOGENESIS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; T LYMPHOCYTE;

DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY MAINTENANCE; PRENATAL CARE; PROGESTERONE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79959919674     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: 18727603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2011.01.023     Document Type: Article

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