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ArticleClinical and vaccine immunology : CVI2007

Antibiotic administration early in life impairs specific humoral responses to an oral antigen and increases intestinal mast cell numbers and mediator concentrations.

S Nutten, A Schumann, D Donnicola, A Mercenier, S Rami, C L Garcia-Rodenas

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Article in Clinical and vaccine immunology : CVI, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

S NuttenNestlé Research Center, P.O. Box 44, CH-1000 Lausanne 26, Switzerland. sophie.nutten@rdls.nestle.com
A Schumann
D Donnicola
A Mercenier
S Rami
C L Garcia-Rodenas
Nestlé (Switzerland) · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, we assessed the effect of administering the antibiotic amoxicillin to rat pups on the immune response to orally fed ovalbumin (OVA). We first established that amoxicillin administration durably altered the gut microbiota of these animals. In parallel, we observed that the induction of the specific humoral response to ovalbumin was impaired when it occurred during antibiotic administration to the rat pups. We also examined the consequences of those observations on further allergic reactions. Amoxicillin administration had no significant impact on subsequent sensitization to OVA, as nonexacerbated systemic allergic responses were induced in antibiotic-treated animals. However, increased rat mast cell protease II levels and higher mast cell numbers were detected in their small intestines, independently of the antigen administration. Globally, our data suggest that antibiotic administration early in life negatively affects the specific immune response to a luminal antigen when it is first introduced during antibiotic administration. The increased mast cell numbers and mediator concentrations in the intestinal mucosae of the antibiotic-treated animals may testify to the early stages of an altered immune system homeostasis.

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AmoxicillinAnimalsAnimals, NewbornAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntibody FormationAntigensCell CountInflammation MediatorsIntestinal MucosaIntestine, SmallMast CellsRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyAmoxicillinAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntigensInflammation Mediators

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PMID17151185
PMCPMC1797787
OpenAlexW2127595930

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