Human amniotic fluid lacks interleukin-2 and interleukin-15 but can interact with the β-chain of the interleukin-2 receptor

Immunology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 411-417

  Searle, R F ^a   Bromage, S J ^b   Palmer, J ^b   Curry, J E ^b   Lang, A K ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR;

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL LINE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANTIBODIES, BLOCKING; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CYTOTOXICITY TESTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-15; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKINS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2;

EID: 0034014218     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.2000.00978.x     Document Type: Article

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