USE OF WHOLE BACTERIAL CELLS (ACTINOMYCETALES) FOR MATERNAL ADMINISTRATION TO MODULATE OFFSPRING IMMUNE RESPONSE

摘要

Use of a composition comprising a whole cell of a bacterium from a genus of aerobic organisms in the order of Actinomycetales in the manufacture of a medicament for modulating the immune response of a recipient wherein said composition is administered to a subject and said recipient is exposed to a bodily fluid of said subject whilst said recipient is an infant. Preferably the medicament is used for the prevention and/or treatment of one or more of: an infection, an allergy, an autoimmune-based disease and a neoplasm in said recipient.