Human skin mast cells produce TNF-α by substance P

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 117, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages 48-51

  Okayama, Yashimichi ^a   Ono, Yashihiro ^a   Nakazawa, Tsugia ^a   Church, Martin K ^b   Mori, Masatomo ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human skin mast cell; Substance P; TNF

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; MESSENGER RNA; STEM CELL FACTOR; SUBSTANCE P; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

CELL SEPARATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MAST CELL; MYELOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN; T LYMPHOCYTE;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-5; LUNG; MAST CELLS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SKIN; SUBSTANCE P; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0031662587     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000053571     Document Type: Conference Paper

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