Perinatal tumor necrosis factor-α production, influenced by maternal pregnancy weight gain, predicts childhood asthma

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-41

  Halonen, Marilyn ^a,b,c   Lohman, I Carla ^b,c   Stern, Debra A ^b,c   Ellis, Whitney L ^b,c   Rothers, Janet ^a,b,c   Wright, Anne L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma etiology; Biomarker; Innate cytokines

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INNATE IMMUNITY; LUNG FUNCTION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINITIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WEIGHT GAIN; WHEEZING;

ARIZONA; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84880166082     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201207-1265OC     Document Type: Article

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