Perinatal nutrition and immunity to infection
- 19 March 2010
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
- Vol. 21 (4p1), 564-576
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-3038.2010.01002.x
Abstract
Jones KDJ, Berkley JA, Warner JO. Perinatal nutrition and immunity to infection.Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2010: 21: 564–576.© 2010 John Wiley & Sons A/S Epidemiological data provide strong evidence for a relationship between undernutrition and life‐threatening infection in infants and children. However, the mechanisms that underlie this relationship are poorly understood. Through foetal life, infancy and childhood, the immune system undergoes a process of functional maturation. The adequacy of this process is dependent on environmental factors, and there is accumulating evidence of the impact of pre‐ and post‐natal nutrition in this regard. This review outlines the impact of nutrition during foetal and infant development on the capacity to mount immune responses to infection. It provides an overview of the epidemiologic evidence for such a role and discusses the possible mechanisms involved.Keywords
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