The maternal diet, gut bacteria, and bacterial metabolites during pregnancy influence offspring asthma

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue MAR, 2017, Pages

  Gray, Lawrence E K ^a,b   O'Hely, Martin ^a,c   Ranganathan, Sarath ^c,d,e   Sly, Peter David ^f   Vuillermin, Peter ^a,b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BARWON HEALTH   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Diet; Maternal; Microbiome; Offspring; Respiratory; Short chain fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; CARRIER PROTEINS AND BINDING PROTEINS; CEPHALOSPORIN; DNA 16S; FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 41; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 43; GALACTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 9; NIACIN RECEPTOR; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROPIONIC ACID; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 5; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 7; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 8; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN D;

ASTHMA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BREAST MILK; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTESTINE FLORA; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MATERNAL NUTRITION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; TIDAL VOLUME;

EID: 85017186264     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.00365     Document Type: Review

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