Production of interferon-γ by lymphocytes from paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria patients: Relationship with clinical status

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 685-690

  Coluzzi, Serelina ^a,b   Biffoni, Mauro ^a   Pasqualetti, Daniela ^a   Perrone, Maria Paola ^a   Vaglio, Stefania ^a   Rahimi, Hassan ^a   Arista, Maria Cristina ^a   Laurenti, Luca ^a   Cerretti, Raffaella ^a   Girelli, Gabriella ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Centro Trasfusionale Universitario   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Glycosyl phosphatidyl inositol anchored proteins; Human leucocyte antigen; Interferon ; Paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA A31 ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA B7 ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MALE; PAROXYSMAL NOCTURNAL HEMOGLOBINURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; HEMOGLOBINURIA, PAROXYSMAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-2; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 10744225308     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2003.04825.x     Document Type: Article

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