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Prenatal Inflammation Makes Mice Susceptible to Asthma
Maternal immune responses during mice gestation led to a hyperactive population of innate-like immune cells in offspring that contributed to altered lung composition and function.
Prenatal Inflammation Makes Mice Susceptible to Asthma
Prenatal Inflammation Makes Mice Susceptible to Asthma

Maternal immune responses during mice gestation led to a hyperactive population of innate-like immune cells in offspring that contributed to altered lung composition and function.

Maternal immune responses during mice gestation led to a hyperactive population of innate-like immune cells in offspring that contributed to altered lung composition and function.

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