Age-related T cell responses to allergens in childhood

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 317-324

  Smart, J M ^a   Suphioglu, C ^b   Kemp, Andrew S ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allergens; Childhood atopy; Cytokines; House dust mite; Interferon ; Interleukins 4 5 13; Rye grass pollen

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 5; OVALBUMIN; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GRASS POLLEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYTOKINES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; LOLIUM; MITES; OVALBUMIN; POLLEN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0345700763     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2003.01583.x     Document Type: Article

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