Cytokine analysis to predict immunosuppression

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 155-157

  Barten, Markus J ^a   Rahmel, Axel ^a   Bocsi, József ^a   Boldt, Andreas ^a   Garbade, Jens ^a   Dhein, Stefan ^a   Mohr, Friedrich W ^a   Gummert, Jan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyclosporin A; Cytokines; Immunosuppression; Multiplex bead array; Mycophenolate mofetil; T helper cells

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; MITOGENIC AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

CYCLOSPORINE; CYTOKINES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-6; IONOMYCIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 33645937604     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: 15524930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20215     Document Type: Article

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