Patients with allergic rhinitis show an allergen-specific interferon-gamma defect

European Journal of Inflammation

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 87-91

  Fenoglio, D ^a   Ferrera, A ^a   Ferrera, F ^a   Sormani, M P ^b   Di Gioacchino, M ^c   Ciprandi, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; ELISPOT; IFN production; Mites; Pollens; Th1 cells

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLLEN ALLERGY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 52149097782     PISSN: 1721727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1721727X0800600206     Document Type: Article

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