Antigen dose-dependent differences in IgE antibody production are not due to polarization towards Th1 and Th2 cell subsets

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 681-686

  Arps, Volker ^a   Sudowe, Stephan ^a   Kölsch, Eckehart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antigen dose; IgE; Keyhole limpet hemocyanin; Th1 Th2 dichotomy

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELPER CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; HEMOCYANIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-4; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; SPLEEN; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0031911128     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199802)28:02<681::AID-IMMU681>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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