Type 1 T helper cells specific for candida albicans antigens in peripheral blood and vaginal mucosa of women with recurrent vaginal candidiasis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 87-93

  Piccinni, Marie Pierre ^a   Vultaggio, Alessandra ^a   Scaletti, Cristina ^a   Livi, Claudia ^b   Gomez, Maria J ^c   Giudizi, Maria Grazia ^a   Biagiotti, Roberta ^a   Cassone, Antonio ^c   Romagnani, Sergio ^a   Maggi, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Centro Procreazione Assistita Demetra   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINA MUCOSA;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; RECURRENCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; VAGINA;

EID: 0036642450     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/341129     Document Type: Article

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