Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jun 18, 2026

Mouse Body Temperature Measurement Using Infrared Thermometer During Passive Systemic Anaphylaxis and Food Allergy Evaluation
Published on: September 14, 2018
[Dietary antigen tolerance in the early stage]
1Pédiatre-Néonatologue, Service de Néonatologie, CHC Saint-Vincent, Rocourt, Belgique.
Abstract:
The first months of life have to be seen as a crucial period in term of implementation of the postnatal immunity. This immunological induction will be made possible through an optimization of the interface between innate and adaptive immunities in the submucosal area. A better understanding of those complex mechanisms should allow finding the best way to introduce the dietary antigen in the early stage. Maybe, it should favour a optimal tolerance to the dietary antigen and reduce the now observed increase of immune deviances later on.
Related Concept Videos
Special Features of Adaptive Immunity
The primary cell types involved in adaptive immunity are T cells and B cells. Each type has a unique role in defending the body against pathogens. T cells are responsible for cell-mediated immunity. They identify and eliminate infected cells directly,...
Development of Immunocompetence
The initial cells that migrate from the fetal thymus settle within the skin and epithelial tissues lining the mouth, digestive tract, and in females, the uterus and vagina. These cells, including skin-based dendritic cells, serve as antigen-presenting cells, playing a key role in T cell activation.
Subsequent T...
Antigens Involved in Adaptive Immunity
Complete Antigens
Complete antigens possess both immunogenicity and reactivity.
Allergic Reactions
Inflammatory Bowel Disease III: Diagnostic Studies and Management I-Nutritional Therapy
Diagnostic studies
A colonoscopy is the definitive screening test, distinguishing ulcerative colitis from other colon diseases with similar symptoms. During a colonoscopy test, inflamed mucosa with exudate ulcerations can be observed, and biopsies are taken to determine the histologic characteristics of the colonic...
Hypersensitivity Reactions: Delayed Hypersensitivity Reactions

