T-lymphocyte cytokine profiles in compositae airborne dermatitis

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 689-693

  Stingeni, Luca ^a   Agea, E ^a   Lisi, P ^a   Spinozzi, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airborne dermatitis; CD4+; Compositae; Cytokines; Interferon ; Interleukin 4; Th1; Th2

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; SESQUITERPENE LACTONE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DERMATITIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATCH TEST; PATHOGENESIS; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ADULT; ASTERACEAE; CELL LINE; CYTOKINES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; DERMATITIS, PHOTOTOXIC; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FORESTRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; MALE; PATCH TESTS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0032716534     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1999.03108.x     Document Type: Article

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