Increased frequencies of cochin-specific T cells in patients with autoimmune sensorineural hearing loss

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 177, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 4203-4210

  Baek, Moo Jin ^a,b,e   Park, Hyun Min ^a,b,f   Johnson, Justin M ^a   Altuntas, Cengiz Z ^a,c   Jane Wit, Daniel ^a   Jaini, Ritika ^a   Solares, C Arturo ^b   Thomas, Dawn M ^a   Ball, Edward J ^a   Robertson, Nahid G ^d   Morton, Cynthia C ^d   Hughes, Gordon B ^b   Tuohy, Vincent K ^a,f  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Head and Neck Institute   (United States)

^c CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f Mirae ENT Clinic   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCHLIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; COCH PROTEIN, HUMAN; EPITOPE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LABYRINTHITIS; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 33645125425     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.6.4203     Document Type: Article

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