TARC and MDC are produced by CD40 activated human B cells and are elevated in the sera of infantile atopic dermatitis patients

Journal of Medical and Dental Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-33

  Lin, Lin ^a   Nonoyama, Shigeaki ^b   Oshiba, Akihiro ^a   Kabasawa, Yasuhiro ^c   Mizutani, Shuki ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c KOKUSHIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; IgE; MDC; TARC

Indexed keywords

BETA CHEMOKINE; CCL17 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CCL22 CHEMOKINE; CD40 LIGAND; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MESSENGER RNA; OVALBUMIN;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CELL CULTURE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

B-LYMPHOCYTES; CD40 LIGAND; CELLS, CULTURED; CHEMOKINES, CC; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; OVALBUMIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0038209791     PISSN: 13428810     EISSN: 13428810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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