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ArticleCurrent allergy and asthma reports2010

Fetal epigenetic mechanisms and innate immunity in asthma.

Petra Ina Pfefferle, Olaf Pinkenburg, Harald Renz

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Article in Current allergy and asthma reports, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Got milk? Understanding the farm milk effect in allergy and asthma prevention.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2016
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  7. Perinatal programming of asthma: the role of gut microbiota.Clinical & developmental immunology · 2012
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Petra Ina PfefferleDepartment of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, Philipps University of Marburg, Germany.
Olaf Pinkenburg
Harald Renz
Philipps University of Marburg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Allergy and asthma are chronic inflammatory diseases that result from complex gene-environment interactions. Recent evidence points to the importance of prenatal and postnatal developmental processes in the maturation of balanced immune responses. Novel data indicate that epigenetic mechanisms contribute to the development of T-helper-cell function. Environmental factors, including diesel exhaust particles, vitamins, and tobacco smoke, operate through such mechanisms. Furthermore, the role of environmental microbes provides another-and maybe an even more important-group of exogenous exposures that operate in this critical time frame. A better understanding of fetal immuno-maturation conditions will provide the basis for the development of novel allergo-protective clinical strategies.

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Immunity, InnateAsthmaEpigenesis, GeneticFemaleFetal DevelopmentFetusHumansMaleMaternal ExposurePregnancyPrenatal Exposure Delayed EffectsT-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer

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PMID20820961
OpenAlexW1978763155

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