Correlation between the ratio of T-bet/GATA-3 and the levels of IL-4 and IFN-γ in patients with allergic asthma

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 663-666

  Ji, Yong ^a   Chen, Guo Qiang ^a   Bin, Huang ^a   Wu, Song ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Allergic asthma; Immune regulation; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

FICOLL; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CHILD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-4; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS;

EID: 79957666100     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2011.469     Document Type: Article

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