Gut microbiome patterns have been associated with predisposition to eczema potentially through modulation of innate immune signalling. ...

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• 2015
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Early infancy oral vitamin D supplementation does not appear to reduce the development of early childhood allergic disease ...

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• 2020
• June 2020

The dramatic rise in allergic disease has occurred in tandem with recent environmental changes and increasing indoor lifestyle culture. While multifactorial, one consistent allergy risk factor has been reduced sunlight exposure. However, vitamin D supplementation studies have been disappointing in preventing allergy, raising possible independent effects of ultraviolet (UV) light exposure. ...

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• 2021
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Debbie Susan Palmer Prescott D SL BSc BND PhD MBBS BMedSci PhD FRACP Head, Early Life & Life-Course Health Program; Team Lead, Nutrition in Early Life Honorary Research Fellow debbie.palmer@uwa.edu.au susan.prescott@telethonkids.org.au Head, Early ...

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• 2021
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Epidemiological studies have demonstrated that survivors of acute burn trauma are at long-term increased risk of developing a range of morbidities. The mechanisms underlying this increased risk remain unknown. This study aimed to determine whether burn injury leads to sustained immune dysfunction that may underpin long-term morbidity. Plasma and peripheral blood mononuclear cells were collected from 36 pediatric burn survivors >3 years after a non-severe burn injury (<10% total body surface area) and from age/sex-matched non-injured controls. ...

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One explanation for the high burden of allergic and autoimmune diseases in industrialized countries is inappropriate immune development under modern... ...

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• 2012
• November 2012

There is insufficient evidence available to determine whether these organisms are pathogens, commensals or contribute indirectly to the pathogenesis of OM ...

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• 2020
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We sought to assess whether the trajectory to asthma begins already at birth and whether epigenetic mechanisms, contribute to asthma inception. ...

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• 2017
• August 2017

A recent systematic review of 5 randomized clinical trials, found that early egg introduction was associated with reduced egg allergy. ...

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• 2017
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We compared neonatal T reg from children born in western conditions (Australia) with those of neonates born in high microbial conditions (Papua New Guinea)... ...

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• 2012
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We examined relationships between parental pregnancy-related characteristics and NAFLD in 1,170 adolescent offspring aged 17 years in Raine Cohort Study. ...

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• 2018
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Pat Peter Susan Tom Jennifer Holt Richmond Prescott Snelling Kent PG PC SL T J PhD, DSc, FRCPath, FRCPI, FAA MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP MBBS BMedSci PhD FRACP BMBS DTMH GDipClinEpid PhD FRACP RN Emeritus Honorary Researcher Head, Vaccine Trials Group ...

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