Circulating Th1 and Th2 cytokines in patients with hepatitis C virus infection

Mediators of Inflammation

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 295-297

  Fan, X G ^a   Liu, W E ^a   Li, C Z ^a   Wang, Z C ^a   Luo, L X ^a   Tan, D M ^a   Hu, G L ^a   Zhang, Z ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Hepatitis C virus; T helper lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MALE; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0031709091     PISSN: 09629351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09629359890992     Document Type: Article

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