Coexistence of Th1/Th2 and Th17/Treg imbalances in patients with allergic asthma

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1951-1956

  Shi, Yu Heng ^a   Shi, Guo Chao ^a   Wan, Huan Ying ^a   Jiang, Li Hua ^b   Ai, Xiang Yan ^a   Zhu, Hai Xing ^a   Tang, Wei ^a   Ma, Jia Yun ^c   Jin, Xiao Yan ^d   Zhang, Bo Ying ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c School of Medicine   (China)

^d Changning District Centre Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Allergic asthma; Regulatory T cells; Th1 cells; Th17 cells; Th2 cells

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 4; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA CONTROL QUESTIONNAIRE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SCORING SYSTEM; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-17; INTERLEUKIN-4; MALE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 79960036625     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2011.13.006     Document Type: Article

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