Eosinophil degranulation in the presence of lung fibroblasts

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 117, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages 52-54

  Takafuji, Shigaru ^a,b   Shoji, Shunsuke ^b   Ito, Koji ^a   Yamamoto, Kazuhiko ^a   Nakagawa, Takemasa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Toyoko Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Degranulation; Eosinophil; Fibroblast; GM CSF

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5A; CYTOKINE; CYTOKINE ANTIBODY; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA;

CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRANULATION; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG FIBROBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0031692590     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000053572     Document Type: Conference Paper

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