Disturbed cytokine production at the systemic level in difficult-to-control atopic asthma: Evidence for raised interleukin-4 and decreased interferon-γ release following lipopolysaccharide stimulation

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-8

  Manise, M ^a   Schleich, F ^a   Quaedvlieg, V ^a   Moermans, C ^a   Henket, M ^a   Sele, J ^a   Corhay, J L ^a   Louis, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Asthma control; Endotoxin; Interferon ; Interleukin 4

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; THEOPHYLLINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ASTHMA; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKOCYTES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TH2 CELLS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84455205886     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000329858     Document Type: Article

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