Interferon-gamma pretreatment of peripheral blood mononuclear cells partially restores defective cytokine production in children with atopic dermatitis

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 125-129

  Papadopoulos, Nikolaos G ^a,b   Bossios, Apostolos ^a   Syrigou, Ekaterini I ^a   Gourgiotis, Dimitrios ^a   Saxoni Papageorgiou, Photini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Cytokines; Interferon gamma; Interleukin 4; Th 1 Th 2

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; IONOMYCIN; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0031753104     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.1998.tb00357.x     Document Type: Article

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