Biliary atresia and Th1 function: Linking lymphocytes and bile ducts

Pediatric Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-10

  Shivakumar, Pranavkumar ^a   Bezerra, Jorge A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA B8 ANTIGEN; HLA DR3 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL MODEL; BILE DUCT; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CFC1 GENE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; LIVER; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH1 CELL; VIRUS INFECTION; ZIC3 GENE;

BILE DUCTS; BILIARY ATRESIA; HUMANS; INFANT; TH1 CELLS;

EID: 3042634461     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/01.PDR.0000129655.02381.F0     Document Type: Note

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