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Asthma
Tobacco smoke exposure during infancy linked with lower production of IL-10
May 13th, 2004
Diminished production of dendritic cell interleukin 10 (IL-10), an anti-inflammatory cytokine previously associated with asthma, is linked to environmental tobacco smoke during infancy. The pilot study, published in a study published in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, was conducted by Deborah Gentile, MD, and colleagues at the Allegheny General Hospital and in part at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, in Pittsburgh. They evaluated environmental tobacco smoke in 37 healthy infants by questionnaire and by obtaining blood samples at 2 weeks, 3 months, and 5 months of age. The infants were divided into two groups of 21 with a history...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2004-05-13)
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