Division of cytokines into Th1/Th2: A word of caution

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 318-319

  Sverremark Ekström, Eva ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINE; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LETTER; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INFLAMMATION; PREGNANCY; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 77949416352     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719109359201     Document Type: Letter

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