Decreased production of IFNγ and increased production of IL-6 by cord blood mononuclear cells of newborns with a high risk of allergy

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 397-405

  Liao, S Y ^a   Liao, T N ^a   Chiang, B L ^a   Huang, M S ^a   Chen, C C ^b   Chou, C C ^d   Hsieh, K H ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Taipei Munic Women/Children Hosp   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

High risk of allergy; IFN ; IL 6; Newborns; NK cells

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

BASOPHILS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CYTOKINES; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-6; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MONOCYTES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029670532     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1996.tb00555.x     Document Type: Article

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