Does the level of bacterial exposure in early life impact the risk of type 1 diabetes?

Expert Review of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 695-697

  Abela, Alexia Giovanna ^a   Fava, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

bacterial exposure; hygiene hypothesis; microbiota; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 10; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

AUTOIMMUNITY; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTEROIDES; BREAST FEEDING; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDITORIAL; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS JOHNSONII; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TH17 CELL;

AGE OF ONSET; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; INTESTINES; MICROBIOTA; PROBIOTICS; RISK;

EID: 84887828826     PISSN: 1744666X     EISSN: 17448409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/1744666X.2013.814410     Document Type: Editorial

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