Effects of ciclosporin A, tacrolimus and sirolimus on cytokine production in neonatal immune cells

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1483-1489

  Puzik, Alexander ^a   Schultz, Christian ^a   Iblher, Peter ^a   Müller Steinhardt, Michael ^b   Härtel, Christoph ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Immunology   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ciclosporin A; Interferon; Interleukin; Neonate; Tacrolimus; Tumour necrosis factor; Umbilical cord blood transplantation

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 2; IONOMYCIN; PHORBOL MYRISTATE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

CYCLOSPORINE; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MONOCYTES; PILOT PROJECTS; SIROLIMUS; TACROLIMUS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 34548672772     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00484.x     Document Type: Article

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