Early infection with respiratory syncytial virus impairs regulatory T cell function and increases susceptibility to allergic asthma

Nature Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1525-1530

  Krishnamoorthy, Nandini ^a   Khare, Anupriya ^a   Oriss, Timothy B ^a   Raundhal, Mahesh ^a   Morse, Christina ^a   Yarlagadda, Manohar ^a   Wenzel, Sally E ^a   Moore, Martin L ^b,c   Peebles Jr , R Stokes ^d   Ray, Anuradha ^a   Ray, Prabir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR ALPHA; OVALBUMIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3;

ALLERGIC AIRWAY INFLAMMATION; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; INFLAMMATION; MILK; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PNEUMOVIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SENSITIZATION; TH2 CELL; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN-4 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OVALBUMIN; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

MUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RICE STRIPE VIRUS;

EID: 84870296822     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: 1546170X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm.2896     Document Type: Article

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