CD44 Expression on Blood Eosinophils Is a Novel Marker of Bronchial Asthma

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-71

  Sano, Kunio ^a   Yamauchi, Kohei ^a   Hoshi, Hiroki ^a   Honma, Masaaki ^a   Tamura, Gen ^a   Shirato, Kunio ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asthma; Bronchial; CD16; CD44; Flow cytometry; VLA 4

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BETA1 INTEGRIN; CD16 ANTIGEN; CELL SURFACE MARKER; CYTOKINE; HERMES ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ASTHMA; BLOOD; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHIL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM; STAINING;

ANTIGENS, CD44; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD; EOSINOPHILS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPUTUM;

EID: 0030692603     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000237722     Document Type: Article

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