Allergen specificity of skin-infiltrating T cells is not restricted to a type-2 cytokine pattern in chronic skin lesions of atopic dermatitis

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 871-876

  Werfel, Thomas ^a   Morita, Akimichi ^b   Grewe, Markus ^b   Renz, Harald ^c   Wahn, Ulrich ^c   Krutmann, Jean ^b   Kapp, Alexander ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

House dust mite; IFN ; IL 4; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0029856251     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12331164     Document Type: Article

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