Maternal obesity and immune dysregulation in mother and infant: A review of the evidence

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 251-257

  Rizzo, Giulia S ^a   Sen, Sarbattama ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Fetal programming; Immune dysregulation; Inflammation; Maternal obesity

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BODY MASS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FETUS OUTCOME; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DYSREGULATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LIPID METABOLISM; MATERNAL OBESITY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REVIEW; UPREGULATION; WHEEZING; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

ASTHMA; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLAMMATION; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84910653380     PISSN: 15260542     EISSN: 15260550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prrv.2014.10.005     Document Type: Review

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