Analysis of the immune response in infants hospitalized with viral bronchiolitis shows different Th1/Th2 profiles associated with respiratory syncytial virus and human rhinovirus

Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2018 Aug;29(5):555-557. doi: 10.1111/pai.12919. Epub 2018 May 30.

Authors

Giorgio Fedele¹, Ilaria Schiavoni¹, Raffaella Nenna², Alessandra Pierangeli³, Antonella Frassanito², Pasqualina Leone¹, Laura Petrarca², Carolina Scagnolari³, Fabio Midulla²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
² Department of Paediatrics, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Molecular Medicine, Laboratory of Virology Affiliated to Istituto Pasteur Italia-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 29708628
DOI: 10.1111/pai.12919

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Bronchiolitis, Viral / diagnosis*
Cells, Cultured
Child
Cohort Studies
Cytokines / metabolism
Female
Hospitalization
Humans
Immunity, Cellular
Male
Picornaviridae Infections / diagnosis*
Prospective Studies
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / diagnosis*
Respiratory Syncytial Viruses / immunology*
Rhinovirus / immunology*
Th1 Cells / immunology*
Th1-Th2 Balance
Th2 Cells / immunology*

Substances

Cytokines