The indoor microfungus Trichoderma viride potentiates histamine release from human bronchoalveolar cells

APMIS

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 673-679

  Larsen, F O ^a   Clementsen, P ^b   Hansen, M ^b   Maltbaek N ^b   Gravesen, S ^c   Stahl Skov, P ^d   Norn, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c ALK ABELLÓ   (Denmark)

^d Reflab   (Denmark)

Author keywords

BAL cells; Basophils; Histamine release; Sick building syndrome; Trichoderma viride

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETIOLOGY; FUNGUS SPORE; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG LAVAGE; MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; TRICHODERMA VIRIDE;

EID: 0029907276     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1996.tb04928.x     Document Type: Article

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