2006
Antenatal risk factors, cytokines and the development of atopic disease in early childhood
Chung E, Miller R, Wilson M, McGeady S, Culhane J. Antenatal risk factors, cytokines and the development of atopic disease in early childhood. Archives Of Disease In Childhood Fetal & Neonatal 2006, 92: f68. PMID: 17185433, PMCID: PMC2675311, DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.106492.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAtopic diseasesRisk factorsAntenatal exposureT helper cell type 1T helper cell type 2 cytokinesPediatric atopic diseaseNeonatal immune responsesAntenatal risk factorsType 2 cytokinesCell type 1Early childhoodTh2 pathwayCytokine responsesEnvironmental allergensCord bloodIntrauterine environmentImmune responseGenetic predispositionPsychosocial factorsType 1DiseaseCytokinesChildhoodExposureCurrent understanding
2005
Validation and comparison of luminex multiplex cytokine analysis kits with ELISA: Determinations of a panel of nine cytokines in clinical sample culture supernatants
duPont N, Wang K, Wadhwa P, Culhane J, Nelson E. Validation and comparison of luminex multiplex cytokine analysis kits with ELISA: Determinations of a panel of nine cytokines in clinical sample culture supernatants. Journal Of Reproductive Immunology 2005, 66: 175-191. PMID: 16029895, PMCID: PMC5738327, DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2005.03.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCytokinesEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFemaleHumansPregnancyReagent Kits, DiagnosticConceptsMultiple immune mediatorsIL-1 betaCytokine expression patternsImmune system statusMajority of cytokinesAvailable ELISA kitsEnzyme-linked immunosorbentLuminex multiplex technologyImmune mediatorsIL-10Cytokine concentrationsIL-6IL-13IL-4IL-5TNF-alphaMAP kitIFN-gammaRespective pregnanciesImmune systemMultiple cytokinesELISA kitCytokinesExpression patternsMultiplex technologyPrepregnancy Health Status and the Risk of Preterm Delivery
Goldenberg R, Culhane J. Prepregnancy Health Status and the Risk of Preterm Delivery. JAMA Pediatrics 2005, 159: 89-90. PMID: 15630064, DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.159.1.89.Peer-Reviewed Original Research