High TNF-α and low IL-2 producing T cells characterize active disease in Takayasu's arteritis

Clinical Immunology

Volumn 118, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 154-158

  Tripathy, Naresh Kumar ^a   Gupta, Prem Chand ^b   Nityanand, Soniya ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b D A V COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Active disease; IL 2; T cells; Takayasu's arteritis; TNF

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-2; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TAKAYASU'S ARTERITIS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 32044454698     PISSN: 15216616     EISSN: 15217035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2005.09.010     Document Type: Article

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