Predictors of neonatal production of IFN-γ and relation to later wheeze

J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2012 Feb;129(2):567-8, 568.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.09.032. Epub 2011 Oct 29.

Abstract

Supernatant IFN-γ levels from mitogen-stimulated cord blood mononuclear cells were inversely associated with wheeze through age 2, but only among boys. This relation was not due to other factors associated with cord IFN-γ production.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Fetal Blood / chemistry
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Interferon-gamma / blood*
  • Linear Models
  • Male
  • Respiratory Sounds / immunology*
  • Sex Factors

Substances

  • Interferon-gamma