Correlation between early-life regulation of the immune system by microbiota and allergy development

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1084-1091

  Gensollen, Thomas ^a   Blumberg, Richard S ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; early life; microbiota; neonate; window of opportunity

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGY; ANAPHYLAXIS; ASTHMA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIFE; MICROFLORA; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; MUCOSA;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MICE; MICROBIOTA; MUCOUS MEMBRANE;

EID: 85017323651     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2017.02.011     Document Type: Review

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