Functional lymphocyte subset assessment of the Th1/Th2 profile in patients with autoimmune thyroiditis by flowcytometric analysis of peripheral lymphocytes

Journal of Biological Regulators and Homeostatic Agents

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 72-76

  Colin, I M ^a,b   Isaac, J ^a   Dupret, P ^a   Ledant, T ^a   D'Hautcourt, J L ^a  

^a Clinique Saint Joseph at Mons   (Belgium)

^b UCL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Cytokines; Flow cytometry; Lymphocytes; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY CONJUGATE; APC PROTEIN; BREFELDIN A; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; GAMMA INTERFERON ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 4; IONOMYCIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL PERMEABILIZATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HEMODILUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NATURAL KILLER CELL; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

EID: 4444325343     PISSN: 0393974X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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