Cellular aspects of atopic dermatitis

Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 191-198

  Ou, Liang Shiou ^a   Huang, Jing Long ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antigen presenting cell; Atopic dermatitis; Eosinophil; Keratinocyte; Superantigens; T cell; T regulatory cell

Indexed keywords

SUPERANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; KERATINOCYTE; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYTOKINES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EOSINOPHILS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFLAMMATION; KERATINOCYTES; LYMPHOCYTE COOPERATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SUPERANTIGENS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 40749113188     PISSN: 10800549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12016-007-0045-4     Document Type: Review

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