Infiltration of Eosinophils into the Asthmatic Airways Caused by Interleukin 5

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 220-224

  Shi, Huanzhong ^a   Qin, Shouming ^a   Huang, Guangwu ^a   Chen, Yiqiang ^a   Xiao, Changqing ^a   Xu, Hui ^a   Liang, Guorong ^a   Xie, Zhengfu ^a   Qin, Xiuzhen ^a   Wu, Juan ^a   Li, Guoxiu ^a   Zhang, Chaoman ^a  

^a GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHUS;

EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 5; PLASMA PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOSA; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BLOOD PROTEINS; BRONCHI; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CHEMOTAXIS, LEUKOCYTE; EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEINS; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-5; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; RIBONUCLEASES;

EID: 0031093025     PISSN: 10441549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1165/ajrcmb.16.3.9070605     Document Type: Article

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