Interferon-γ production in antigen specific T cell response: Quantitation of specific mRNA and secreted protein

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 388-392

  Halminen, M ^a   Klemetti, P ^b   Vaarala, O ^b,c   Hurme, M ^d   Ilonen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; MESSENGER RNA; TETANUS TOXOID; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERFERON INDUCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; VACCINATION;

EID: 0030749373     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.1997.d01-144.x     Document Type: Article

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