The production of immunoregulatory cytokines is localized to the extrafollicular area of human tonsils

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 477-485

  Ågren, Karin ^a,b,e   Andersson, Ulf ^b   Litton, Mark ^b   Funa, Keiko ^d   Nordlander, Britt ^a   Andersson, Jan ^b,c  

^a STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Compartmentalization; Cytokine network; Cytokines; Immunohitochemistry; Immunoregulation; Palatine tonsils

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0029906307     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489609137876     Document Type: Article

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