The interaction between mother and fetus and the development of allergic asthma

Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 57-66

  Wark, Peter A B ^a,b   Murphy, Vanessa ^a   Mattes, Joerg ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d Paediatric Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Unit Newcastle Children's Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

airway epithelium; allergy; asthma; dendritic cells; innate immune response; respiratory virus infection

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

AIRWAY REMODELING; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; DENDRITIC CELL; ENVIRONMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXPOSURE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INNATE IMMUNITY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; DENDRITIC CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 84893045603     PISSN: 17476348     EISSN: 17476356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17476348.2014.848795     Document Type: Review

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