γ-tocopherol supplementation of allergic female mice augments development of CD11c+CD11b+ dendritic cells in utero and allergic inflammation in neonates

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 310, Issue 8, 2016, Pages L759-L771

  Abdala Valencia, Hiam ^a   Soveg, Frank ^a   Cook Mills, Joan M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergic lung inflammation; Dendritic cells; Vitamin E; tocopherol

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; ALLERGEN; AMPHIREGULIN; CASEIN; CD11B ANTIGEN; CELLULOSE; CHOLINE BITARTRATE; CORN OIL; CYSTEINE; EOTAXIN; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; GLYCOPROTEIN P 15095; INTERLEUKIN 5; MINERAL; NITROGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STARCH; SUCROSE; VITAMIN; CD11 ANTIGEN;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS LIVER; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MEDIATOR; MOTHER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; ASTHMA; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; IMMUNOLOGY; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; METABOLISM; PNEUMONIA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD11; ASTHMA; DENDRITIC CELLS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PNEUMONIA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 84984650503     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: 15221504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00301.2015     Document Type: Article

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