mRNA expression of T-helper 1, T-helper 2 cytokines in autoimmune hepatitis in childhood

Pediatrics International

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 284-286

  Kawashima, Hisashi ^a   Kato, Naoki ^a   Ioi, Hiroaki ^a   Nishimata, Shigeo ^a   Watanabe, Chiako ^a   Kashiwagi, Yasuyo ^a   Takekuma, Kouji ^a   Hoshika, Akinori ^a   Szenborn, Leszek ^b   Bergman, Kacprzak ^b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hepatitis; Childhood; mRNA; Th1; Th2

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ACTINS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; RNA, MESSENGER; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 44649181603     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2008.02584.x     Document Type: Article

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