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Trial reportEuropean journal of pediatrics2004

Intracellular and plasma cytokine profile in neonates born to non-atopic parents: the impact of breast feeding.

Florence Kanakoudi-Tsakalidou, Vasiliki Drossou-Agakidou, Chariklia Noutsia, Vasiliki Tzimouli, Anna Taparkou, Panagiotis Mavridis, Georgios Kremenopoulos

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Trial report in European journal of pediatrics, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Florence Kanakoudi-Tsakalidou1st Department of Paediatrics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Ippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Vasiliki Drossou-Agakidou
Chariklia Noutsia
Vasiliki Tzimouli
Anna Taparkou
Panagiotis Mavridis
Georgios Kremenopoulos
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

unlabelledThe aim of this study was to profile the changes in intracellular and plasma cytokines during the neonatal period and evaluate the impact of breast feeding on these parameters. For this purpose, we measured the interleukin (IL)-2 and IL-4 producing CD3+/CD69+ T-cells using flow cytometry and plasma concentrations of interferon (IFN)-gamma and IL-4 using ELISA, in 122 healthy term neonates, aged 6-12 h, born to non-atopic parents, and 25 healthy children aged 1-12 years. A total of 42/122 neonates exclusively breast-fed (BF) and 39/122 formula fed (FF) were studied again on the 30th day of life for the above parameters. Finally, a clinical evaluation for the presence of atopic disease was conducted at 2 years of age. We found that at birth, the percentage of CD3+/CD69+/IL-4+ T-cells (median = 15.8%, range = 4.4%-49%) and plasma concentrations of IL-4 (median = 0.22 pg/ml, range = 0.18-0.25 pg/ml) were significantly higher (P < 0.0001) compared to those of children (median = 1.6%, range = 0.16%-2.7% for CD3+/CD69+/IL-4+ and median = 0.17 pg/ml, range = 0.13-0.26 pg/ml for IL-4), whereas plasma concentrations of IFN-gamma were significantly lower in neonates (median = 0.42 pg/ml, range = 0.3-1.5 pg/ml) than in children (median = 1.2 pg/ml, range = 0.3-2.6 pg/ml, P < 0.0001). During the neonatal period, only the CD3+/CD69+/IL-4+ T-cells increased significantly in both BF and FF groups. Comparison between BF and FF groups revealed no significant difference in any of the parameters measured. Moreover, no difference in the development of atopy during the first 2 years of life was found between BF and FF infants.

conclusionour findings demonstrate that during the entire neonatal period type 2 immunity dominates, regardless of the mode of feeding, whereas type 1 immunity dominates during childhood. Moreover, in the absence of family history of atopy, the mode of feeding per se does not play a crucial role in the development of atopy within the first 2 years of life.

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Breast FeedingCytokinesEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFlow CytometryHumansInfantInfant, NewbornInterferon-gammaInterleukin-2Interleukin-4T-LymphocytesCytokinesInterferon-gammaInterleukin-2Interleukin-4

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PMID15221472
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