Interleukin-10 is a key immunomodulatory cytokine the principal function of which is to limit the magnitude of immune response. ...

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• 2011
• March 2011

Though exposure to air pollution has a detrimental effect on respiratory health, few studies have examined the association between elemental carbon exposure... ...

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• 2011
• February 2011

Pat Deborah Holt Strickland PG DH PhD, DSc, FRCPath, FRCPI, FAA PhD Emeritus Honorary Researcher Program Head, Immunobiology and Immunotherapeutic ...

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• Pregnancy and Early Life Immunology

Vitamin D may be essential for restricting the development and severity of allergic diseases and asthma, but a direct causal link between vitamin D... ...

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• 2013
• June 2013

In this study, using a mouse model, we determined whether vitamin D deficiency in utero and during early life modulated the severity of asthma. ...

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• 2012
• February 2012

The study found the rare immune cells, known as plasmacytoid dendritic cells, showed clear signs of activation and virus defence in children with transient wheeze, whereas in children with persistent wheeze the same immune cells showed very limited activation without any signs of virus defence. ...

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• 2024
• January

Discover the impact of our achievements in the "real world". Our children's health research is having a genuine effect on improving the lives of kids worldwide. ...

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The MAVRIC (Mechanisms of Acute Viral Respiratory Infection in Children) study recently celebrated the recruitment of the 1000th participant to the study, eight-year-old Sullivan Strahan. ...

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• 2022
• August

As the rise in prevalence of allergic diseases worldwide corresponds in time with increasing infant vaccination, it has been hypothesized that childhood vaccination may increase the risk of allergic disease. We aimed to synthesize the literature on the association between childhood vaccination and allergy. ...

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• 2021
• February 2021

Anthony Christopher David Ingrid Shannon Thomas Kicic Blyth Martino Laing Simpson Iosifidis A CC DM IL SS TI BSc (Hons) PhD MBBS (Hons) DCH FRACP ...

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