Low levels of interferon-γ in nasal fluid accompany raised levels of T-helper 2 cytokines in children with ongoing allergic rhinitis

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 20-28

  Benson, Mikael ^a   Strannegård, Inga Lisa ^a   Wennergren, Göran ^a   Strannegård, Örjan ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; ECP; Eosinophils; IFN ; IgE; IL 10; IL 4; IL 5; IL 6

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOSE MUCUS; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; TH2 CELL;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOKINES; EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-5; INTERLEUKIN-6; NASAL LAVAGE FLUID; POLLEN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RIBONUCLEASES; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0034020824     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3038.2000.00051.x     Document Type: Article

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