The impact of diet on asthma and allergic diseases

Nature Reviews Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 308-322

  Julia, Valerie ^a,b,c   Macia, Laurence ^d   Dombrowicz, David ^b,e,f,g  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^f UNIV LILLE   (France)

^g France   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CHOLESTEROL; COLECALCIFEROL; FOOD ALLERGEN; INTERLEUKIN 17; LEPTIN; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN COMPLEX 1; MEDIUM CHAIN FATTY ACID; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RESISTIN; RETINOL; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TRYPTOPHAN; ALLERGEN;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ASTHMA; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD NUTRITION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAT INTAKE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOREGULATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TH2 CELL; FOOD; HOMEOSTASIS; HYGIENE HYPOTHESIS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY;

ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; BREAST FEEDING; DIET; FOOD; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYGIENE HYPOTHESIS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; OBESITY;

EID: 84928536340     PISSN: 14741733     EISSN: 14741741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nri3830     Document Type: Review

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