Flow cytometric analysis of IL-4, IL-13 and IFN-γ expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and detection of circulating IL-13 in patients with atopic dermatitis provide evidence for the involvement of type 2 cytokines in the disease

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 19-25

  Kaminishi, Kyoko ^a   Soma, Yoshinao ^a   Kawa, Yoko ^a   Mizoguchi, Masako ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; ELISA; Flow cytometry; IFN ; IL 13; IL 4

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; IONOMYCIN; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BLOOD CELL; CELL ASSAY; CELL STIMULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEWBORN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TH2 CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-13; INTERLEUKIN-4; MALE;

EID: 0036240193     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-1811(01)00174-8     Document Type: Article

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