Corticosteroid-resistant bronchial asthma is associated with increased c-fos expression in monocytes and T lymphocytes

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2156-2164

  Lane, Stephen J ^a   Adcock, Ian M ^b   Richards, David ^a   Hawrylowicz, Catherine ^a   Barnes, Peter J ^b   Tak, H Lee ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AP 1; Asthma; c fos; Glucocorticoid; Mononuclear cells

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MONOCYTE; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0032535369     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI2680     Document Type: Article

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