Alveolar macrophages from atopic asthmatics, but not atopic nonasthmatics, enhance interleukin-5 production by CD4+ T cells

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 4 PART I, 1998, Pages 1120-1126

  Tang, Chibing ^b   Rolland, Jennifer M ^b   Li, Xun ^b   Ward, Christopher ^b   Bish, Ros ^b   Walters, E Haydn ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 5;

ALLERGY; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0031968459     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.157.4.9706118     Document Type: Article

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