Higher Bcl-2 levels decrease staphylococcal superantigen-induced apoptosis of CD4+ T cells in atopic dermatitis

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 520-526

  Lin, Y T ^a   Wang, C T ^a   Lee, J H ^a   Chu, C Y ^a   Tsao, W C ^a   Yang, Y H ^a   Chiang, B L ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Atopic dermatitis; Bcl 2; CD4+ T cell; Staphylococcal superantigen

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CASPASE 3; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; PROTEIN BCL 2; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 4; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN B;

ADULT; ALLERGY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN INFLAMMATION; STAINING; UPREGULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; APOPTOSIS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SUPERANTIGENS;

EID: 34247253750     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2006.01297.x     Document Type: Article

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