Interleukin-12 drives the Th1 signaling pathway in Helicobacter pylori-infected human gastric mucosa

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1738-1744

  Pellicanò, Antonia ^a   Sebkova, Ladislava ^a   Monteleone, Giovanni ^b   Guarnieri, Giovanni ^a   Imeneo, Maria ^a   Pallone, Francesco ^b   Luzza, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4; STAT4 PROTEIN; STAT6 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX5;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH MUCOSA; TH1 CELL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES; BIOPSY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-4; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; STAT6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS;

EID: 34147166091     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01446-06     Document Type: Article

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