Seasonal and Nonseasonal Longitudinal Variation of Immune Function

In conclusion, seasonality is an important environmental factor that influences immune responses, in addition to specific genetic and nongenetic host factors, and this may well explain the seasonal variation in the incidence and severity of immune-mediated diseases.PMID:34261668 | DOI:10.4049/jimmunol.2000133

Source: Journal of Immunology - July 15, 2021 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Rob Ter Horst Martin Jaeger Lisa van de Wijer Wouter A van der Heijden Anna M W Janssen Sanne P Smeekens Michelle A E Brouwer Bram van Cranenbroek Raul Aguirre-Gamboa Romana T Netea-Maier Antonius E van Herwaarden Heidi Lemmers Helga Dijkstra Irma Joosten Source Type: research