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SUBMITTER: Pryhuber GS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4660246 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Clinics in perinatology 20151001 4
Premature infants suffer significant respiratory morbidity during infancy with long-term negative consequences on health, quality of life, and health care costs. Enhanced susceptibility to a variety of infections and inflammation play a large role in early and prolonged lung disease following premature birth, although the mechanisms of susceptibility and immune dysregulation are active areas of research. This article reviews aspects of host-pathogen interactions and immune responses that are alt ...[more]