Stem cell factor (c-kit ligand) influences eosinophil recruitment and histamine levels in allergic airway inflammation

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 156, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3945-3951

  Lukacs, Nicholas W ^a   Strieter, Robert M ^a   Lincoln, Pamela M ^a   Brownell, Elise ^d   Pullen, Drew M ^a   Schock, Harold J ^a   Chensue, Stephen W ^b   Taub, Dennis D ^c   Kunkel, Steven L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BAYER CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HISTAMINE; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHILIA; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTAMINE RELEASE; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LOEFFLER PNEUMONIA; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CELL MOVEMENT; CHEMOTAXIS, LEUKOCYTE; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE RELEASE; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; STEM CELL FACTOR;

EID: 0030009379     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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