Natural killer T cells expressing IFN-γ and IL-4 in lesional skin of atopic eczema

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1681-1684

  Simon, D ^a   Kozlowski, E ^b   Simon, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Atopic eczema; Cytokines; Irritant contact dermatitis; Natural killer T cells

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STAINING;

CYTOKINES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-4; NATURAL KILLER T-CELLS; SKIN;

EID: 70349852932     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2009.02097.x     Document Type: Article

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