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Expression of CD30 mRNA, CD30L mRNA and a variant form of CD30 mRNA in restimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of patients with helminthic infections resembling a Th2 disease.
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Jan 1999
Kilwinski J, Berger T, Mpalaskas J, Reuter S, Flick W, Kern P
Abstract excerpt
It has been proposed that CD30, a member of the tumour necrosis factor (TNF) receptor superfamily, is preferentially up-regulated on Th2-type human T cells. In order to investigate a correlation between infection with Echinococcus multilocularis and CD30 expression, we analysed regulation of CD30...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- CD3 Complex
- CD30 Ligand
- Cell Line
- Echinococcosis, Pulmonary
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Immune System Diseases
- Ki-1 Antigen
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear
- Male
- Membrane Glycoproteins
- Middle Aged