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Maternal Allergic Disease Phenotype and Infant Birth Season Influence the Human Milk MicrobiomeEarly infancy is a critical period for immune development. In addition to being the primary food source during early infancy, human milk also provides multiple bioactive components that shape the infant gut microbiome and immune system and provides a constant source of exposure to maternal microbiota. Given the potential interplay between allergic diseases and the human microbiome, this study aimed to characterise the milk microbiome of allergic mothers.
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Profiling epithelial viral receptor expression in amniotic membrane and nasal epithelial cells at birthChildren with wheeze and asthma present with airway epithelial vulnerabilities, such as impaired responses to viral infection. It is postulated that the in utero environment may contribute to the development of airway epithelial vulnerabilities.
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Higher maternal bread and thiamine intakes are associated with increased infant allergic diseaseA mother's diet during pregnancy may influence her infant's immune development. However, as potential interactions between components of our dietary intakes can make any nutritional analysis complex, here we took a multi-component dietary analysis approach.
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A Family's Journey at JHC: Analyses of routinely collected dataDesiree Silva MBBS, FRACP, MPH, PhD Co-Head, ORIGINS Co-Head, The ORIGINS Project Professor Desiree Silva is Co-Director of ORIGINS and a Professor
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ADAPTS: Antibiotic Dysbiosis And Probiotics Trial in infantSDesiree Peter Silva Richmond MBBS, FRACP, MPH, PhD MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP Co-Head, ORIGINS Head, Vaccine Trials Group Co-Head, The ORIGINS Project Head
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Environmental and lifestyle changes in the antenatal population over the past three decades: A comparative study utilising Raine Study and Joondalup Health Campus birth cohort dataInvestigators: Catherine Nguyen, Lauren Fisher, Lauren Nguyen This study investigated changes in prevalence of environmental and lifestyle risk
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ORIGINS community wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemicDesiree Doctor Jackie Lisa Susan Silva Davis Gibson Prescott MBBS, FRACP, MPH, PhD BSc (Hons) BA (Hons), MPsych, PhD MBBS BMedSci PhD FRACP Co-Head,
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The role of family and maternal factors in childhood obesityThe aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between a child's weight and a broad range of family and maternal factors.
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Validation of monoclonal anti-PKC isozyme antibodies for flow cytometry analyses in human T cell subsets and expression in cord blood T cellsWe have undertaken to validating the specificity of commercially available antibodies marketed for flow cytometry to measure PKCα, βI, βII, δ, ε, η, θ, ζ, ι/λ and μ
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Does docosahexaenoic acid supplementation in term infants enhance neurocognitive functioning in infancy?The proposal that dietary docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) enhances neurocognitive functioning in term infants is controversial.