A single oral dose of thalidomide enhances the capacity of lymphocytes to secrete gamma interferon in healthy humans

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2286-2290

  Verbon, A ^a   Juffermans, N P ^a   Speelman, P ^a   Van Deventer, S J H ^a   Ten Berge, I J M ^a   Guchelaar, H J ^a   Van Der Poll, T ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 5; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN B; THALIDOMIDE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; DRUG EFFECT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; HUMANS; INTERFERON INDUCERS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-12; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; THALIDOMIDE;

EID: 0033840388     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.44.9.2286-2290.2000     Document Type: Article

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