The immunology of the allergy epidemic and the hygiene hypothesis

Nature Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1076-1083

  Lambrecht, Bart N ^a,b,c   Hammad, Hamida ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 33;

ALLERGIC AIRWAY INFLAMMATION; ALLERGY; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; DYSBIOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EPIDEMIC; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; HYGIENE; HYGIENE HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOREGULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LIFESTYLE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIOME; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AGE; ANIMAL; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIUM; HYPERSENSITIVITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AGE FACTORS; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIUM; HUMANS; HYGIENE HYPOTHESIS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LIFE STYLE; MICROBIOTA;

EID: 85030609895     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni.3829     Document Type: Review

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