Source of IL-4 able to induce the development of TH2-like cells

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 488-500

  Ricci, M ^a,c   Matucci, A ^b   Rossi, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Policlinico di Careggi Florence   (Italy)

^c Policlinico di Careggi   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; DENDRITIC CELL; HELPER CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; BASOPHILS; EOSINOPHILS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-4; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MAST CELLS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, SCID; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0031006409     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1997.tb00736.x     Document Type: Review

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