Release of IL-4 and IL-5 from human peripheral blood mononuclear cells co-cultured with Japanese cedar pollen antigen in vitro

Cell Biology International

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 841-844

  Kimura, Hirokazu ^a   Shibata, Yukino ^a   Minakami, Hisanori ^b   Hashizume, Setsuko ^a   Oba, Hiromi ^a   Sakaguchi, Masahiro ^c   Otsuki, Kunio ^a   Kozawa, Kunihisa ^e   Kato, Masahiko ^d  

^a GUNMA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^d GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NONE

Author keywords

IL 4; IL 5; Japanese cedar pollen; PBMCs; Pollinosis

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLLEN ALLERGY;

EID: 0034880635     PISSN: 10656995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cbir.2001.0766     Document Type: Article

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