Presence of IgE antibodies to bacterial superantigens and increased IL-13-producing T cells in myelitic patients with atopic diathesis

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-48

  Ochi, Hirofumi ^a   Osoegawa, Manabu ^a   Murai, Hiroyuki ^a   Minohara, Motozumi ^a   Taniwaki, Takayuki ^a   Kira, Jun Ichi ^a,b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopy; Enterotoxin; IL 13; Myelitis; Superantigen Ige

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 5; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN A; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN B; SUPERANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENTEROTOXINS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN-13; INTERLEUKIN-5; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELITIS; STATISTICS; SUPERANTIGENS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2542623684     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077532     Document Type: Article

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