Immune responses in neonates

Expert Review of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1171-1184

  Basha, Saleem ^a   Surendran, Naveen ^a   Pichichero, Michael ^a  

^a ROCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptive immunity; B cell; B reg cell; BCR; CD103 dendritic cell; CD5 cell; CD71 erythroid cell; chemokines; cord blood; dendritic cell; IL 27 macrophages; innate immunity; neonates; neutrophils; NK cell; RTE; T cell; T follicular cell; TCR; Th 17; toll like receptor; Treg cell; T cell

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; B7 ANTIGEN; BCG VACCINE; BETA INTERFERON; CD103 ANTIGEN; CD11B ANTIGEN; CD40 ANTIGEN; CD86 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12P70; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 23; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 3; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 7; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BCG VACCINATION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CROSS PRESENTATION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; ERYTHROID CELL; FILARIASIS; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; INFECTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PERINATAL INFECTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VIRUS INFECTION; ADULT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; B-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 84906055633     PISSN: 1744666X     EISSN: 17448409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/1744666X.2014.942288     Document Type: Review

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