title: The developing immune system - from foetus to toddler.
abstract: During foetal development, neonatal period and childhood, the immune system is constantly maturing. In the foetus, infection responsiveness is low and associates with spontaneous abortion. During the neonatal period, the infection response shifts towards a more pro-inflammatory response. The immune system of the newborn acquires adaptive features as a result of exposure to microbes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The development of the human immune system is a continuous process where both accelerated and retarded development is deleterious.
authors: The Institution for Woman and Child Health, Unit of Clinical Pediatrics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors: Sofia
authors: S
authors: Ygberg
authors: Anna
authors: A
authors: Nilsson
mesh_terms: D056704:Adaptive Immunity / Q000276:immunology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005333:Fetus / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007107:Immune System / Q000254:growth & development*; D007113:Immunity, Innate / Q000276:immunology*; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007239:Infections / Q000276:immunology