T helper type-1 (Th1)/Th2 profiles of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC); responses to antigens of Chlamydia trachomatis in subjects with severe trachomatous scarring

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 429-436

  Holland, M J ^a,d   Bailey, R L ^a   Conway, D J ^a   Culley, F ^a   Miranpuri, G ^b   Byrne, G I ^b   Whittle, H C ^c   Mabey, D C W ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^d MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell mediated immunity; Chlamydia trachomatis; Cytokines

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMBIA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TRACHOMA;

EID: 0029846656     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1996.d01-792.x     Document Type: Article

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