Commonly used drugs impair oral tolerance in mice

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2004 Dec:1029:374-8. doi: 10.1196/annals.1309.021.

Abstract

Ibuprofen and antibiotics are commonly prescribed during early childhood. When given to mice at the time at which oral tolerance is induced, both treatments affect either the induction or the maintenance of oral tolerance. These results suggest that the coadministration of these and similarly acting drugs should be considered cautiously for infants at risk of allergy.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Dinoprostone / metabolism
  • Feces / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Ibuprofen / pharmacology*
  • Immune Tolerance / drug effects
  • Immune Tolerance / immunology*
  • Immunoglobulin E / blood
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Immunoglobulin E
  • Dinoprostone
  • Ibuprofen