Cytokine production in nickel-sensitized individuals analysed with enzyme-linked immunospot assay: Possible implication for diagnosis

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 442-449

  Jakobson, E ^a   Masjedi, K ^a,b   Ahlborg, N ^c   Lundeberg, L ^d   Karlberg, A T ^a,b   Scheynius, A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Enzyme linked immunospot assay; Nickel allergy

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; NICKEL; THYMIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; IN VITRO STUDY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NICKEL HYPERSENSITIVITY; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STIMULATION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIVISION; CYTOKINES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKINS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MIDDLE AGED; NICKEL;

EID: 0036046183     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2002.04850.x     Document Type: Article

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