Open AccessIn Utero Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke Potentiates Adult Responses to Allergen in BALB/c Mice
Author(s) -
Arthur Penn,
Rodney Rouse,
David W. Horohov,
Michael T. Kearney,
Daniel B. Paulsen,
Larry G. Lomax
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.9780
Subject(s) - bronchoalveolar lavage , ovalbumin , in utero , immunology , medicine , inhalation exposure , offspring , eosinophilia , tobacco smoke , endocrinology , lung , immune system , fetus , pregnancy , biology , toxicity , environmental health , genetics
Fetal stress has been linked to adult atherosclerosis, obesity, and diabetes. Epidemiology studies have associated fetal exposure to maternal smoking and postnatal exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) with increased asthma risk.