Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B Upregulates Fas-Mediated Apoptosis of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells in Childhood Atopic Dermatitis

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 62-67

  Sohn, M H ^a   Kim, J W ^a   Kim, W K ^a   Jang, G C ^a   Kim, K E ^a,b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAS LIGAND; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN B;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL STIMULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UPREGULATION;

ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; ENTEROTOXINS; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MONOCYTES; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0346250194     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.2003.01183.x     Document Type: Article

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