Expression of IgE heavy chain transcripts in the sinus mucosa of atopic and nonatopic patients with chronic sinusitis

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 706-711

  Ghaffar, Omar ^b   Durham, Stephen R ^b   Al Ghamdi, Khalid ^b   Wright, Erin ^b   Small, Peter ^b   Frenkiel, Saul ^b   Gould, Hannah J ^b   Hamid, Qutayba ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOSA; PHYSIOLOGY; SINUSITIS;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD20; B-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN EPSILON-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GAMMA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; RNA, MESSENGER; SINUSITIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032065538     PISSN: 10441549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1165/ajrcmb.18.5.3030     Document Type: Article

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