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Neonatal programming of innate immune function.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21045175     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The early life environment can be crucial in influencing the development of an animal's long-term physiology. There is now much evidence to suggest that perinatal challenges to an animal's immune system will result in changes in adult rat behavior, physiology, and molecular pathways following a single inflammatory event during development caused by the bacterial endotoxin lipopolysaccharide (LPS). In particular, it is now apparent that neonatal LPS administration can influence the adult neuroimmune response to a second LPS challenge through hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis modifications, some of which are caused by alterations in peripheral prostaglandin synthesis. These pronounced changes are accompanied by a variety of alterations in a number of disparate aspects of endocrine physiology, with significant implications for the health and well-being of the adult animal. In this review, we discuss the newly elucidated mechanisms by which neonatal immune challenge can permanently alter an animal's endocrine and metabolic physiology and the implications this has for various disease states.
Authors:
S J Spencer; M A Galic; Q J Pittman
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Review     Date:  2010-11-02
Journal Detail:
Title:  American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism     Volume:  300     ISSN:  1522-1555     ISO Abbreviation:  Am. J. Physiol. Endocrinol. Metab.     Publication Date:  2011 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-12-29     Completed Date:  2011-01-31     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100901226     Medline TA:  Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  E11-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. sarah.spencer@monash.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Aging / immunology*
Animals
Animals, Newborn
Humans
Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / growth & development,  physiology
Immunity, Innate / physiology*
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Neuroimmunomodulation / physiology*
Pituitary-Adrenal System / growth & development,  physiology
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
//Canadian Institutes of Health Research

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