Prenatal diet, plasma micronutrients/metabolome and inflammatory status influence the development of atopic eczema in early childhood.

This maternal signature was associated with raised maternal C-reactive Protein (CRP) level, as well as increased pro-inflammatory markers in the infant cord blood (CRP, IL-6, IL-7, MIP3 , VEGF-A, and TGF 1) and trigonelline compared with non-eczema controls (Figure 1). Abbreviations CRP C-Reactive Protein IL Interleukin MIP3 Macrophage Inflammatory Protein-3 alpha TGF 1 Transforming growth factor beta 1 VEGF-A Vascular endothelial growth factor A Atopic eczema is one of the commonest chronic inflammatory skin disorders in childhood. [Extracted from the article]