An assessment of the immunological status of patients with renal cell carcinoma based on the relative abundance of T-helper 1- and -2 cytokine-producing CD4 + cells in peripheral blood

BJU International

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 755-759

  Onishi, T ^a,b   Ohishi, Y ^a   Goto, H ^a   Tomita, M ^a   Abe, K ^a  

^a Jikei University Katsushika Medical Center   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytokine production; Peripheral blood lymphocytes; Renal cell carcinoma; T helper subset

Indexed keywords

BREFELDIN A; CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN 2B ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 4 ANTIBODY; IONOMYCIN; PHORBOL 12 ACETATE 13 MYRISTATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER STAGING; CELL POPULATION; CELL STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE STATUS; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0035724173     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2001.02210.x     Document Type: Article

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