Cord blood Tregs with stable FOXP3 expression are influenced by prenatal environment and associated with atopic dermatitis at the age of one year

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 380-389

  Hinz, D ^a,b   Bauer, M ^a   Roder S ^a   Olek, S ^c   Huehn, J ^d   Sack, U ^e   Borte, M ^b   Simon, J C ^b   Lehmann, I ^a   Herberth, G ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c EPIONTIS GMBH   (Germany)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

birth cohort; cord blood; environmental exposure; FOXP3; regulatory T cells

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 25; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SMOKING; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

COHORT STUDIES; CYTOKINES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 84857194031     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2011.02767.x     Document Type: Article

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