Kathy Roberg

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• Inhaled corticosteroid use is associated with increased circulating T regulatory cells in children with asthma
• Increased H1N1 infection rate in children with asthma
• Decreased lung function after preschool wheezing rhinovirus illnesses in children at risk to develop asthma
• Early childhood weight status in relation to asthma development in high-risk children
• The relationships among immunoglobulin levels, allergic sensitization, and viral respiratory illnesses in early childhood
• Expression patterns of atopic eczema and respiratory illnesses in a high-risk birth cohort
• Fractional exhaled nitric oxide measurements are most closely associated with allergic sensitization in school-age children
• Effects of dog ownership in early childhood on immune development and atopic diseases
• Wheezing rhinovirus illnesses in early life predict asthma development in high-risk children
• The influence of processing factors and non-atopy-related maternal and neonate characteristics on yield and cytokine responses of cord blood mononuclear cells
• Sex-related differences in immune development and the expression of atopy in early childhood
• Bidirectional interactions between viral respiratory illnesses and cytokine responses in the first year of life
• Viral infections, cytokine dysregulation and the origins of childhood asthma and allergic diseases
• Rhinovirus illnesses during infancy predict subsequent childhood wheezing
• Gene-environment interaction effects on the development of immune responses in the 1st year of life
• Cytokine response patterns, exposure to viruses, and respiratory infections in the first year of life
• Effects of dog ownership and genotype on immune development and atopy in infancy
• Developmental cytokine response profiles and the clinical and immunologic expression of atopy during the first year of life