Direct experimental evidence that early-life farm environment influences regulation of immune responses

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 265-269

  Lewis, Marie C ^a   Inman, Charlotte F ^a   Patel, Dilip ^a   Schmidt, Bettina ^b   Mulder, Imke ^b   Miller, Bevis ^a   Gill, Bhupinder P ^c   Pluske, John ^d   Kelly, Denise ^b   Stokes, Christopher R ^a   Bailey, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c DEFRA   (United Kingdom)

^d MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Early life; Environment; Mucosa; Tregs; Weaning

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; IMMUNOREGULATION; LAMINA PROPRIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; STAINING; T LYMPHOCYTE; WEANING;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; MODELS, ANIMAL; SWINE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; WEANING;

EID: 84859834220     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2011.01258.x     Document Type: Article

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