Influence of breast-feeding on the production of cytokines

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 100-102

  Shimaoka, Yuki ^a   Hidaka, Yoh ^a   Tada, Hisato ^a   Takeoka, Keiko ^a   Morimoto, Yasuhiko ^b   Amino, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Aizenbashi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

IFN ; IL 10; IL 2; IL 4; Postpartum; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; IONOMYCIN; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PROLACTIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PUERPERIUM; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0035139949     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.8755-8920.2001.450206.x     Document Type: Article

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