The effect of gliotoxin and patulin on human T cell function

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 255-258

  Wichmann, Gunnar ^a   Krumm, Beate ^a   Drößler, Karl ^b   Herbarth, Olf ^a   Lehmann, Irina ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UFZ Ctr of Environ Res L H Ltd ^*

Author keywords

Gliotoxin; IL 4 IFN ; Immunotoxicity; Mycotoxin; Patulin; T cell function; Th1; Th2

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GLIOTOXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA; MYCOTOXIN; PATULIN; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ALLERGY; CELL POLARITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MOULD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0042467897     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X03035094     Document Type: Conference Paper

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