American cockroach Cr-PI allergen induces lymphocyte proliferation and cytokine production in atopic patients

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 349-356

  Jeng, K C G ^a   Liu, M T ^a   Wu, C H ^a   Wong, D W ^a   Lan, J L ^a  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atopic; Cockroach allergen; IFN ; IL 4; Lymphoproliferation; mRNA; PBMC; T cell culture

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; COCKROACHES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SKIN TESTS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0029944745     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1996.tb00102.x     Document Type: Article

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