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Puff, R. ; D'Orlando, O. ; Heninger, A.K.* ; Kühn, D.* ; Krause, S. ; Winkler, C. ; Beyerlein, A. ; Bonifacio, E.* ; Ziegler, A.-G.

Compromised immune response in infants at risk for type 1 diabetes born by Caesarean Section.

Clin. Immunol. 160, 282–285 (2015)
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Children born by Caesarean Section have a higher risk for type 1 diabetes. We aimed to investigate whether Caesarean Section leads to alterations of the immune response in children with familial risk for type 1 diabetes. We examined measures of innate and adaptive immune responses in 94 prospectively followed children, including 40 born by Caesarean Section. Proinflammatory serum cytokine concentrations were determined at age 6 months. As a measure of vaccine response, IgG1, IgG2, and IgG4 tetanus antibody titers and CD4(+) T cell proliferation against tetanus toxoid were quantified. Compared to infants born by vaginal delivery, infants born by Caesarean Section had lower concentrations of the cytokines IFN-ɣ (p=0.014) and IL-8 (p=0.005), and weaker CD4(+) T cell responses to tetanus measured in the first (p=0.007) and second year (p=0.047) of life. Overall, our findings provide evidence that the mode of delivery influences the immune status and responsiveness during childhood.
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Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
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Schlagwörter Caesarean Section ; Type 1 Diabetes ; Cytokine ; Immune Responsiveness ; Tetanus Response
ISSN (print) / ISBN 1521-6616
e-ISSN 1521-7035
Zeitschrift Clinical Immunology
Quellenangaben Band: 160, Heft: 2, Seiten: 282–285 Artikelnummer: , Supplement: ,
Verlag Elsevier
Nichtpatentliteratur Publikationen
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed