The pattern of interleukin-12 and T-helper types 1 and 2 cytokine expression in herniated lumbar disc tissue

Spine

Volumn 27, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 2125-2128

  Park, Jong Beom ^a   Chang, Han ^a   Kim, Yong Sik ^a  

^a Uijeongbu St Mary's Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Immune reaction; Interleukin 12; Lumbar disc; Th1; Th2

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TISSUE LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD4; CYTOKINES; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0036791684     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200210010-00009     Document Type: Article

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