Antigen presentation and stimulation of the immune system in human airways

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Supplement

Volumn 54, Issue 57, 1999, Pages 37-49

  Jahnsen, Frode L ^a   Brandtzaeg, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPH NODE; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; BRONCHI; CELL MOVEMENT; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; NASAL MUCOSA; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0032722271     PISSN: 01081675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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