Cantharidin blisters: A technique for investigating leukocyte trafficking and cytokine production at sites of inflammation in humans

Journal of immunological methods

Volumn 257, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 213-220

  Day, Richard M ^a   Harbord, Marcus ^b   Forbes, Alastair ^a   Segal, Anthony W ^b  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cantharidin; Chemokines; Cytokines; Inflammation; Leukocytes

Indexed keywords

CANTHARIDIN; CYTOKINE; IRRITANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLISTER; BODY FLUID; CELL MOTION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BLISTER; BODY FLUIDS; CANTHARIDIN; CELL MOVEMENT; CYTOKINES; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; IRRITANTS; LEUKOCYTES;

EID: 0035515930     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(01)00467-7     Document Type: Article

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