Production of IL-8 and Release of Eosinophil-Derived Neurotoxin by Normal Peripheral Blood Eosinophils

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-35

  Chihara, Junichi ^a   Oyamada, Hajime ^a   Yamada, Hidekazu ^b   Tsuda, Akira ^a   Kamada, Yumiko ^a   Urayama, Osamu ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asthma; Bronchial; Eosinophil; RANTES

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RANTES;

ASTHMA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION;

EID: 0030656535     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000237714     Document Type: Article

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