Early interleukin-4: Its role in the switch towards a Th2 response and IgE-mediated allergy

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 86-94

  Haas, H ^b   Falcone, F H ^c   Holland, M J ^c   Schramm, G ^c   Haisch, K ^c   Gibbs, B F ^a   Bufe, A ^c   Schlaak, M ^c  

^a Klinik für Strahlentherapie und Nuklearmedizin   (Germany)

^b RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Basophils; Interleukin 4; Lectins; T helper type 2

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; LECTIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALLERGY; BASOPHIL; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN-4; TH2 CELLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033010845     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000024182     Document Type: Review

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