99th Dahlem Conference on Infection, Inflammation and Chronic Inflammatory Disorders: The role of infections in allergy: atopic asthma as a paradigm
99th Dahlem Conference on Infection, Inflammation and Chronic Inflammatory Disorders: The role of infections in allergy: atopic asthma as a paradigm
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2249.2010.04129.x
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发表时间:
2010-04-01
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
van den Biggelaar, A. H. J.
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作者:
Holt, P. G.;van den Biggelaar, A. H. J.
P>Earlier iterations of the 'hygiene hypothesis', in which infections during childhood protect against allergic disease by stimulation of the T helper type 2 (Th2)-antagonistic Th1 immunity, have been supplanted progressively by a broader understanding of the complexities of the underlying cellular and molecular interactions. Most notably, it is now clear that whole certain types of microbial exposure, in particular from normal gastrointestinal flora, may provide key signals driving postnatal development of immune competence, including mechanisms responsible for natural resistance to allergic sensitization. Other types of infections can exert converse effects and promote allergic disease. We review below recent findings relating to both sides of this complex picture.