Effect of fluticasone propionate on interleukin-12 and interferon-γ production in patients affected by allergic bronchial asthma

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 262-267

  Purello D'Ambrosio, F ^a,b   Gangemi, S ^a   Merendino, R A ^a   Arena, A ^a   Guarneri, F ^a   Ricciardi, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b Viale Principe Umberto ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Asthma; FEV1; Fluticasone propionate; Interferon ; Interleukin 12; Lipopolysaccharide; Serum; Supernatants; Whole blood

Indexed keywords

FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; SPIROMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANDROSTADIENES; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-12; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032858947     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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