Hydroquinone, a reactive metabolite of benzene, enhances interleukin-4 production in CD4+ T cells and increases immunoglobulin E levels in antigen-primed mice

Immunology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 496-502

  Lee, M H ^a   Chung, S W ^a   Kang, B Y ^a   Kim, K M ^a   Kim, T S ^a,b  

^a Research Institute of Drug Development   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CD4 ANTIGEN; HYDROQUINONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA; TAR;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMOCYANIN; HYDROQUINONES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN-4; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0036040262     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.2002.01451.x     Document Type: Article

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