T-bet/GATA-3 ratio is a surrogate measure of Th1/Th2 cytokine profiles and may be novel targets for CpG ODN treatment in asthma patients

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 1396-1399

  Dong, Liang ^a   Chen, Meng ^a   Zhang, Qi ^a   Li, Li Zheng ^a   Xu, Xiao Qun ^a   Xiao, Wei ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asthma; Cytokines; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

CPG OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; MESSENGER RNA; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; UPREGULATION;

EID: 33747713962     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00029330-200608020-00013     Document Type: Article

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