Impairment of lung function might be related to IL-10 and IFN-γ defective production in allergic children

Immunology Letters

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 104-106

  Tosca, Maria A ^a   Silvestri, Michela ^a   Morandi, Fabio ^b   Prigione, Ignazia ^b   Pistorio, Angela ^c   Ciprandi, Giorgio ^d   Rossi, Giovanni A ^a  

^a Pneumology and Allergy Pediatric Unit   (Italy)

^b Laboratory of Oncology   (Italy)

^c G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allergic children; Asthma; IFN ; IL 10; Respiratory function worsening

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LETTER; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIROMETRY;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-10; LUNG; MALE; PYROGLYPHIDAE; SPIROMETRY; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 80051787896     PISSN: 01652478     EISSN: 18790542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2011.05.004     Document Type: Letter

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