Meri K Tulic

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Affiliation: University of Western Australia
Country: Australia

Publications

  1. ncbi Changes in thymic regulatory T-cell maturation from birth to puberty: differences in atopic children
    Meri K Tulic
    School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 129:199-206.e1-4. 2012
  2. ncbi Differences in innate immune function between allergic and nonallergic children: new insights into immune ontogeny
    Meri K Tulic
    Childhood Allergy and Immunology Research, School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 127:470-478.e1. 2011
  3. ncbi Associations between maternal antioxidant intakes in pregnancy and infant allergic outcomes
    Christina E West
    School of Paediatrics and Child Health Research, University of Western Australia, PO Box D184, Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth WA 6001, Australia
    Nutrients 4:1747-58. 2012
  4. ncbi Presymptomatic differences in Toll-like receptor function in infants who have allergy
    Susan L Prescott
    School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 122:391-9, 399.e1-5. 2008
  5. ncbi Thymic indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase-positive eosinophils in young children: potential role in maturation of the naive immune system
    Meri K Tulic
    Centre for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
    Am J Pathol 175:2043-52. 2009
  6. ncbi Progress in understanding postnatal immune dysregulation in allergic disease
    Susan L Prescott
    School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
    World Allergy Organ J 3:162-6. 2010
  7. ncbi IFN-λ and IgE-mediated allergic disease: a potential future role?
    Silvana Gaudieri
    School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
    Biomark Med 6:151-7. 2012
  8. ncbi Neonatal innate cytokine responses to BCG controlling T-cell development vary between populations
    Anita H J van den Biggelaar
    Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Center for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 124:544-50, 550.e1-2. 2009
  9. ncbi Role of toll-like receptor 4 in protection by bacterial lipopolysaccharide in the nasal mucosa of atopic children but not adults
    Meri K Tulic
    Meakins Christie Laboratories, Notre Dame Hospital and Institut ORL de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    Lancet 363:1689-97. 2004
  10. ncbi Algorithmic models to predict allergic disease using multiple neonatal markers
    Megan Hodder
    School of Pediatrics and Child Health Research, University of Western Australia Perth Western Australia P O Box D184, Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth WA 6001, Australia
    Indian Pediatr 46:291-2. 2009

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Publications16

  1. ncbi Changes in thymic regulatory T-cell maturation from birth to puberty: differences in atopic children
    Meri K Tulic
    School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 129:199-206.e1-4. 2012
    ..Characterization of regulatory immune pathways is a research priority for both the pathogenesis of allergic disease and potential therapeutic strategies...
  2. ncbi Differences in innate immune function between allergic and nonallergic children: new insights into immune ontogeny
    Meri K Tulic
    Childhood Allergy and Immunology Research, School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 127:470-478.e1. 2011
    ..Microbial products are of central interest in the modulation of allergic propensity...
  3. ncbi Associations between maternal antioxidant intakes in pregnancy and infant allergic outcomes
    Christina E West
    School of Paediatrics and Child Health Research, University of Western Australia, PO Box D184, Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth WA 6001, Australia
    Nutrients 4:1747-58. 2012
    ..In summary, this study suggests that maternal diet of fresh foods rich in vitamin C is associated with reduced risk of infant wheeze, and that copper intake is associated with reduced risk of several allergic outcomes...
  4. ncbi Presymptomatic differences in Toll-like receptor function in infants who have allergy
    Susan L Prescott
    School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 122:391-9, 399.e1-5. 2008
    ..Microbial exposure might play a key role in allergy development, but little is known about the role of Toll-like receptors (TLRs)...
  5. ncbi Thymic indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase-positive eosinophils in young children: potential role in maturation of the naive immune system
    Meri K Tulic
    Centre for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
    Am J Pathol 175:2043-52. 2009
    ..57, P = 0.02) and toll-like receptor 4 expression (r = -0.74, P = 0.002). Taken together, these results suggest that functional thymic IDO+ eosinophils during human infant life may have an immunomodulatory role in Th2 immune responses...
  6. ncbi Progress in understanding postnatal immune dysregulation in allergic disease
    Susan L Prescott
    School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
    World Allergy Organ J 3:162-6. 2010
    ..To further understand the pathogenesis of these altered patterns of immune response, future research needs to encompass the complexity of gene-environmental interactions, which confer individual susceptibility to environmental exposures...
  7. ncbi IFN-λ and IgE-mediated allergic disease: a potential future role?
    Silvana Gaudieri
    School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
    Biomark Med 6:151-7. 2012
    ..More recently, a genetic variation flanking IL28B encoding IFN-λ3 has been associated with allergic disease. Here, we examine this family and suggest how IFN-λ may be an important player in allergic disease...
  8. ncbi Neonatal innate cytokine responses to BCG controlling T-cell development vary between populations
    Anita H J van den Biggelaar
    Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Center for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 124:544-50, 550.e1-2. 2009
    ..The protective effect of Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccination against infection and atopy varies between populations...
  9. ncbi Role of toll-like receptor 4 in protection by bacterial lipopolysaccharide in the nasal mucosa of atopic children but not adults
    Meri K Tulic
    Meakins Christie Laboratories, Notre Dame Hospital and Institut ORL de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    Lancet 363:1689-97. 2004
    ..We examined the effect of bacterial lipopolysaccharide on allergic inflammation and expression of cytokines and lipopolysaccharide receptor (toll-like receptor 4 TLR4) in nasal mucosa of 15 atopic children and ten atopic adults...
  10. ncbi Algorithmic models to predict allergic disease using multiple neonatal markers
    Megan Hodder
    School of Pediatrics and Child Health Research, University of Western Australia Perth Western Australia P O Box D184, Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth WA 6001, Australia
    Indian Pediatr 46:291-2. 2009
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  11. ncbi Evidence for age-related and individual-specific changes in DNA methylation profile of mononuclear cells during early immune development in humans
    David J Martino
    School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
    Epigenetics 6:1085-94. 2011
    ..Further studies are now needed to examine evolving epigenetic variations in specific cell populations in relation to environmental exposures, immune phenotype and subsequent disease susceptibility...
  12. ncbi Vitamin D and allergic disease: sunlight at the end of the tunnel?
    Anderson P Jones
    School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia 6008, Australia
    Nutrients 4:13-28. 2012
    ..This review explores the findings of epidemiological, clinical and laboratory research, and the potential role of vitamin D in promoting the inappropriate immune responses which underpin the rise in a broad range of immune diseases...
  13. ncbi Genetic variations in IL28B and allergic disease in children
    Silvana Gaudieri
    School of Anatomy and Human Biology, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia
    PLoS ONE 7:e30607. 2012
    ..In the context of rising rates of disease, these immunologic differences already present at birth imply very early interaction between genetic predisposition and prenatal environmental influences...
  14. ncbi Children with egg allergy have evidence of reduced neonatal CD4(+)CD25(+)CD127(lo/-) regulatory T cell function
    Miranda Smith
    School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 121:1460-6, 1466.e1-7. 2008
    ..The role of regulatory T (Treg) cells in allergic predisposition is not known...
  15. ncbi Local induction of a specific Th1 immune response by allergen linked immunostimulatory DNA in the nasal explants of ragweed-allergic subjects
    Meri K Tulic
    School of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia, Australia
    Allergol Int 58:565-72. 2009
    ..In addition, we set out to determine whether AIC is more effective compared to stimulation with unlinked Amb a 1 and ISS...
  16. ncbi TLR4 polymorphisms mediate impaired responses to respiratory syncytial virus and lipopolysaccharide
    Meri K Tulic
    Division of Cell Biology, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia, West Perth, WA 6872, Australia
    J Immunol 179:132-40. 2007
    ..Compromised first-line defense against RSV at the airway-epithelial surface of children expressing these TLR4 variants may thus confer increased susceptibility to severe infections with this virus...