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Allergy & Immunology
Maternal allergy is found to influence allergic response of neonate
August 11th, 2005
Maternal allergy is found to influence allergic response of neonate. "Environmental factors are believed to play a role in the development of atopic allergy. This is likely to be important very early in life, at the fetal stage," scientists writing in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology report. According to investigators, "The in utero environment could be affected by maternal allergy and in turn could influence the immune system of the baby. To investigate how cord blood mononuclear blood cells (CBMCs) from children of women with and without allergy respond to microbial stimuli, PBMCs from women with (n=9) and without allergy...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-08-11)
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