Th1/Th2 cytokine profiles and their relationship to clinical features in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 544-551

  Sobue, Satoshi ^a   Nomura, Tomoyuki ^a   Ishikawa, Tetsuya ^b   Ito, Satomi ^b   Saso, Katsuhisa ^a   Ohara, Hirotaka ^a   Joh, Takashi ^a   Itoh, Makoto ^a   Kakumu, Shinichi ^b  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Immunopathogenesis; Interferon gamma; Interleukin 10

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CALCULATION; CELL COUNT; CELL POPULATION; CHRONICITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER; LIVER INJURY; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERNATANT; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TITRIMETRY; VIRUS INFECTION;

AGED; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; LYMPHOKINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0034860104     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005350170057     Document Type: Article

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