IFN-γ production in response to IL-18 or IL-12 stimulation by peripheral blood mononuclear cells of atopic patients

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1263-1270

  Shikano, H ^a   Kato, Z ^a   Kaneko, H ^a   Watanabe, M ^a   Inoue, R ^a   Kasahara, K ^a   Takemura, M ^a   Kondo, N ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic patient; IFN ; IgE; IL 12; IL 18; PBMCs

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 18; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CELL STIMULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFANT; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INFANT; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-18; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035725145     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2001.01141.x     Document Type: Article

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