Are peripheral blood cells from patients with Alzheimer disease more sensitive to apoptotic stimuli?

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 156-160

  Bergman, Michael ^a   Salman, Hertzel ^a   Beloosesky, Yichayaou ^a   Djaldetti, Meir ^a   Bessler, Hanna ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Apoptosis; Cytokines

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AGE; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MONOCYTES; REFERENCE VALUES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0036630340     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002093-200207000-00005     Document Type: Article

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