Pre-Pregnancy Exposure to Diesel Exhaust Predisposes Offspring to Asthma through IL-1β and IL-17A

Publication date: Available online 21 September 2017
Source:Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Author(s): Jerica Lenberg, Qian Qian, Zehua Sun, Rafeul Alam, Magdalena M. Gorska

Teaser

Using a mouse model we provided evidence that pre-pregnancy exposure to diesel exhaust predisposes offspring to asthma. We identified immunological mechanisms of this predisposition to facilitate future development of asthma prevention strategies.


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