Maternal and early-life vitamin D deficiency enhances allergic reaction in an ovalbumin-sensitized BALB/c mouse model

Background: Recent studies have shown that vitamin D deficiency may contribute to the high prevalence of food allergy but the underlying mechanisms are far from clear. Objective: The present study was designed to investigate the effect of maternal and early-life vitamin D deficiency in the developme...

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Main Authors: Jiang Wu, Yan Zhong, Xiuhua Shen, Kefeng Yang, Wei Cai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Swedish Nutrition Foundation 2018-05-01
Series:Food & Nutrition Research
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Online Access:http://foodandnutritionresearch.net/index.php/fnr/article/view/1401/4754