Atopy and helminths

Allergie et Immunologie

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 10-12

  Branco Ferreira, M ^a   Lopes da Silva, S ^a   Palma Carlos, A G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Atopy; Cytokines; Helminth infections IgE; IL10; TGF

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ARTICLE; ATOPY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EOSINOPHILIA; HELMINTHIASIS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKINS; MAST CELLS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH2 CELLS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0036173094     PISSN: 03979148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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