T-bet/GATA-3 ratio as a measure of the Th1/Th2 cytokine profile in mixed cell populations: Predominant role of GATA-3

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 278, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 157-169

  Chakir, Habiba ^a   Wang, Haiping ^a   Lefebvre, David E ^a,b   Webb, John ^b   Scott, Fraser W ^a,b  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cytokine; GATA 3; Spleen; T cell differentiation; T bet; Th1 Th2; Transcription

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL POPULATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; UPREGULATION;

MUS MUSCULUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0142134448     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(03)00200-X     Document Type: Article

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