Vitamin D, the gut microbiome, and the hygiene hypothesis: How does asthma begin?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 191, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 492-493

  Weiss, Scott T ^a,b   Litonjua, Augusto A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; ENDOTOXIN; MURAMIC ACID; VITAMIN D; DUST;

ASTHMA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; DENDRITIC CELL; EDITORIAL; HAY FEVER; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; HYGIENE HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGIST; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; MICROBIOME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; STIMULATION; URBAN POPULATION; DUST; HYGIENE; IMMUNOLOGY;

ASTHMA; DUST; HUMANS; HYGIENE; HYGIENE HYPOTHESIS;

EID: 84923879357     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201501-0117ED     Document Type: Editorial

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