The expression of Th1 and Th2 type cytokines in a lesion of allergic contact dermatitis

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 105-106

  Koga, Tetsuya ^a,b   Fujimura, Takao ^c   Imayama, Shuhei ^b   Katsuoka, Kensei ^c   Toshitani, Shoji ^a   Hori, Yoshiaki ^b  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Budesonide; Corticosteroids; Immunological basis; Medicaments; Th1 cytokine; Th2 cytokine

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; EOSINOPHILIA; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; NICKEL HYPERSENSITIVITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN BIOPSY; T LYMPHOCYTE; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

CYTOKINES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; HUMANS; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0029853723     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1996.tb02303.x     Document Type: Article

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