Caroll D Hernández, Paola Casanello, Paul R Harris, José A Castro-Rodríguez, Carolina Iturriaga, Guillermo Perez-Mateluna, Marcelo Farías, Marcela Urzúa, Cherie Hernandez, Carolina Serrano, Mauricio Sandoval, Rodrigo Hoyos-Bachiloglu, Ricardo Uauy, Arturo Borzutzky
BACKGROUND: Growing evidence shows that atopic dermatitis (AD), food allergy (FA), allergic rhinitis, and asthma are largely determined during the first 1000 days (time elapsed from conception to the 2nd birthday). The ARIES birth cohort aims to determine prenatal and perinatal conditions, as well as genetic and epigenetic factors, that participate in the early setting of immune responses, and the role of these in the later determination of the risk of allergic diseases and asthma in the offspring...
April 15, 2020: BMC Pediatrics