Skin CD4+ T cells produce interferon-γ in vitro in response to streptococcal antigens in chronic plaque psoriasis

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 576-580

  Brown, Dean W ^a   Baker, Barbara S ^a   Ovigne, Jean Marc ^a   Hardman, Catherine ^a   Powles, Anne V ^a   Fry, Lionel ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Intracellular; T cell lines

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; STREPTOCOCCUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSORIASIS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0034046375     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2000.00919.x     Document Type: Article

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