The gut mucosal immune system in the neonatal period

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 414-421

  Battersby, Anna J ^a   Gibbons, Deena L ^b,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c and University of Bristol   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gut; Immune; Immunity; Infant; Intestinal; Intestine; Mucosa; Mucosal; Neonatal; Neonate

Indexed keywords

MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88; PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

B LYMPHOCYTE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM INFANTIS; DENDRITIC CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENTERIC FEEDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; INFANT NUTRITION; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LACTOBACILLUS; MACROPHAGE; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIOME; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

GUT; IMMUNE; IMMUNITY; INFANT; INTESTINAL; INTESTINE; MUCOSA; MUCOSAL; NEONATAL; NEONATE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MILK, HUMAN; PREGNANCY; SEPSIS;

EID: 84880946214     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pai.12079     Document Type: Review

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