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Protecting the Newborn and Young Infant from Infectious Diseases: Lessons from Immune Ontogeny

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Kollmann, Tobias R., Kampmann, Beate, Mazmanian, Sarkis K., Marchant, Arnaud, Levy, Ofer·2017·Immunity

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Infections in the first year of life are common and often severe. The newborn host demonstrates both quantitative and qualitative differences to the adult in nearly all aspects of immunity, which at least partially explain the increased susceptibility to infection. Here we discuss how differences in susceptibility to infection result not out of a state of immaturity, but rather reflect adaptation to the particular demands placed on the immune system in early life. We review the mechanisms underlying host defense in the very young, and discuss how specific developmental demands increase the risk of particular infectious diseases. In this context, we discuss how this plasticity, i.e. the capacity to adapt to demands encountered in early life, also provides the potential to leverage protection of the young against infection and disease through a number of interventions.

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Authors
Kollmann, T. R., Kampmann, B., Mazmanian, S. K., Marchant, A., & Levy, O.
Affiliations
  • University of British Columbia (CA)
  • MRC Unit the Gambia (GM)
  • California Institute of Technology (US)
  • Université Libre de Bruxelles (BE)
  • Boston Children's Hospital (US)
Corresponding author
  • Kollmann, Tobias R.
  • Levy, Ofer
Venue
Immunity
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-03
Volume
46
Issue
3
Pages
350-363
ISSN
1074-7613 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2599501186
Cited by
478
References
200
Citations by year
2026: 62 · 2025: 45 · 2024: 54 · 2023: 51 · 2022: 40 · 2021: 67 · 2020: 69 · 2019: 39 · 2018: 36 · 2017: 15
FWCI
4.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Immunity (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • LSHTM Research Online (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) (acceptedVersion)
  • CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion)
  • Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles) (submittedVersion)
  • Spiral (Imperial College London) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders
Medical Research Council (MR/R005990/1)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune responses and vaccinations
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Neonatal and Maternal Infections
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune Response and Inflammation
Keywords
immune ontogeny, neonatal immunity, host defense, immune plasticity, neonatal infection
MeSH terms
Animals, Communicable Diseases, Disease Susceptibility, Humans, Immune System, Infant, Infant, Newborn

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