Increased interleukin-4 and decreased interferon-γ levels in serum of children with asthma

Cytokine

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 335-338

  Lama, Manoj ^a   Chatterjee, Mridula ^b   Nayak, C R ^a   Chaudhuri, Tapas Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL   (India)

^b NORTH BENGAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Asthma; Interferon ; Interleukin 4; Steroid na ve; Steroid treated

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TH1 TH2 BALANCE;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-5; MALE; STEROIDS; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 79960891867     PISSN: 10434666     EISSN: 10960023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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