Detection of spontaneous and antigen-induced human interleukin-4 responses in vitro: Comparison of ELISPOT, a novel ELISA and real-time RT-PCR

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 260, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 55-67

  Ekerfelt, Christina ^a   Ernerudh, Jan ^a   Jenmalm, Maria C ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atopy; ELISA; ELISPOT; IL 4; Pregnancy; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOASSAY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; CELLS, CULTURED; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INTERLEUKIN-4; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0036469773     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(01)00520-8     Document Type: Article

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