Cytokine levels in supernatants of whole blood and mononuclear cell cultures in adults and neonates reveal significant differences with respect to interleukin-13 and interferon-gamma

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 140-147

  Silberer, Jutta ^a   Ihorst, Gabriele ^a   Kopp, Matthias Volkmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cord blood; Cytokines; IL 10; IL 13; Interferon gamma; TH1; TH2

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTOGLOBULIN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETAL CALF SERUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEWBORN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-13; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 38849173725     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2007.00605.x     Document Type: Article

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