IL-4 modulates tissue factor expression by human B lymphocytes in response to phorbol myristate acetate

Thromb Haemost 2007; 97(01): 158-159
DOI: 10.1160/TH06-01-0034

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Authors

Houria Mechiche

¹Laboratoire Central d’Hématologie, CHU de Reims, and UPRES EA 3796, IFR53, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Reims, Cedex, France
Philippe Nguyen

¹Laboratoire Central d’Hématologie, CHU de Reims, and UPRES EA 3796, IFR53, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Reims, Cedex, France

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