Upregulation of tim-3 on CD4+ t cells is associated with Th1/Th2 imbalance in patients with allergic asthma

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 3809-3816

  Tang, Fei ^a   Wang, Fukun ^a   An, Liyun ^a   Wang, Xianling ^a  

^a Bethune International Peace Hospital of Chinese PLA   (China)

Author keywords

Asthma; Th1 cell; Th2 cell; Tim 3

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; PROTEIN TIM 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CELL STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TH1 CELL; TH1 TH2 BALANCE; TH2 CELL; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84929347075     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19405901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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