Allergen-driven limiting dilution analysis of human IL-4 and IFN-γ production in allergic rhinitis and clinically tolerant individuals

International Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 897-904

  Li, Yan ^a   Simons, F Estelle R ^a   Jay, Francis T ^a   HayGlass, Kent T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allergen; Grass pollen; IFN ; IL 4; Immediate hypersensitivity

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CELL POPULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGIC TECHNIQUES; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; POACEAE; POLLEN; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0029990635     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/8.6.897     Document Type: Article

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