Probiotic effects on T-cell maturation in infants during weaning

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 540-549

  West, C E ^a   Hernell, O ^a   Andersson, Y ^a   Sjostedt M ^a   Hammarstrom M L ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allergy prevention; Cytokine mRNA expression; Lactobacillus paracasei ssp. paracasei F19; Tetanus toxoid vaccination; Th1; Th17; Th2

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIBODY; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY CD28; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CEREAL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INFANT; LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZATION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH0 CELL; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL; VENOUS BLOOD; WEANING;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKINES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT; LACTOBACILLUS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; PROBIOTICS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84858320008     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2011.03941.x     Document Type: Article

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