Spontaneous apoptosis in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of leprosy patients: Role of cytokines

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-55

  Gupta, Anu ^a   Sharma, V K ^b   Vohra, Harpreet ^a   Ganguly, N K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b Venereol Leprology Postgrad I ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Co stimulatory molecule; Cytokine; Ionomycin; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 6; IONOMYCIN; LEUPEPTIN; N ETHYLMALEIMIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ANTIBODY; ZINC;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEPROSY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, CD28; APOPTOSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-6; IONOMYCIN; LEPROSY; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; ZINC;

EID: 0032931593     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(99)00006-1     Document Type: Article

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