Project information
From prenatal age to healthy childhood: uncover the links between chemical exposure and immune diseases in children

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Project Identification
GA24-10819S
Project Period
1/2024 - 12/2026
Investor / Pogramme / Project type
Czech Science Foundation
MU Faculty or unit
Faculty of Science
Other MU Faculty/Unit
Central European Institute of Technology

The human fetus is exposed to environmental chemicals during the prenatal period through its mother. The impact of such exposure, specifically the impact of exposure to complex chemical exposures, is not fully known. The project aims to better understand how individual chemicals and their mixtures, as one of the environmental factors, contribute to immune-mediated diseases in childhood by employing innovative approaches. Our scientific premise is that prenatal chemical exposure deregulates immunity development, and such deregulation can be detected in newborns by analysis of the cord blood. These prenatal exposure-induced changes negatively impact child immunity later in life and can contribute to the development and/or progression of immune-mediated diseases during childhood.

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Sustainable Development Goal No.  3 – Good health and well-being Sustainable Development Goal No.  12 – Responsible consumption and production

Publications

Total number of publications: 1


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