Effects of the macrolide antibiotic, midecamycin, on Staphylococcus aureus product-induced Th2 cytokine response in patients with atopic dermatitis

Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 197-201

  Matsui, Katsuhiko ^a   Nishikawa, Akemi ^a  

^a MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GENTAMICIN; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; MACROLIDE; MESSENGER RNA; MIDECAMYCIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN B; STEROID;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHIBITION KINETICS; PATIENT; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CYTOKINES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; ENTEROTOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-5; LEUCOMYCINS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROLIDES; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; RNA, MESSENGER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEICHOIC ACIDS; TH2 CELLS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 1542509780     PISSN: 10799907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/107999004322917043     Document Type: Article

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