Association of the expression of IL-4 and IL-13 genes, IL-4 and IgE serum levels with allergic asthma

Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 67-72

  Afshari, Jalil Tavakkol ^a   Hosseini, Reza Farid ^b   Farahabadi, Sara Hosseini ^a   Heydarian, Farhad ^b   Boskabady, Mohammad Hossein ^b   Khoshnavaz, Rasoul ^a   Razavi, Alireza ^c   Karimiani, Ehsan Ghayoor ^a   Ghasemi, Gholamreza ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Asthma; Genes; IL 13; IL 4; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CELLS, CULTURED; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN-13; INTERLEUKIN-4; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 34547613949     PISSN: 17351502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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