One cytokine, two isotypes: A trojan horse, pandora's box, and an evolving paradigm

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 3 II, 2000, Pages

  Vercelli, Donata ^a,b  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Respiratory Sciences Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD40 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 4; STAT6 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SELECTION; CROSS LINKING; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EOSINOPHIL; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0033834688     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.162.supplement_2.ras-6     Document Type: Review

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