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Vitamin D and atopy and asthma phenotypes in childrenThe purpose of this Review was to give an overview of the recent research into whether a lack of vitamin D contributes to the development of atopy and asthma...
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Sensitizing and Th2 Adjuvant Activity of Cysteine Protease AllergensHere, we report on a model that does not use Th2-skewing adjuvants and yet achieves sensitization solely via the nasal mucosa.
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Lung homing T-cell generation is dependent on strength and timing of antigen delivery to lymph nodesInhaled allergens are known for their immediate and ongoing effects in the respiratory tract (RT).
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Th2-polarisation of cellular immune memory to neonatal pertussis vaccinationCurrent infant vaccination against pertussis in North America and Australia requires three doses of vaccines including diphtheria, tetanus and acellular...
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Early aberrant antibody responses of aeroallergen sensitised people to subclinical bacterial infectionEarly aberrant antibody responses, aeroallergen sensitised people, subclinical bacterial infection
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Persistent and compartmentalised disruption of dendritic cell subpopulations in the lung following influenza A virus infectionImmunological homeostasis in the respiratory tract is thought to require balanced interactions between networks of dendritic cell (DC) subsets in lung...
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Low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations associate with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in adolescents independent of adiposityThis paper examined the link between low serum Vitamin D levels and development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in adolescents between 14 and 17...
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Anti-infective proteins in breast milk and asthma-associated phenotypes during early childhoodThe impact of breast milk feeding on susceptibility to asthma in childhood is highly controversial, due in part to failure of the majority of studies in the...
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Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization of the nasopharynx is associated with increased severity during respiratory syncytial virus infection in young childrenThe present study aimed to clarify the effect of viral and bacterial co-detections on disease severity during paediatric acute respiratory infection (ARI).
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Epigenome-wide analysis links SMAD3 methylation at birth to asthma in children of asthmatic mothersWe sought to assess whether the trajectory to asthma begins already at birth and whether epigenetic mechanisms, contribute to asthma inception.