Atopic asthma is dominant in elderly onset asthmatics: Possibility for an alteration of mast cell function by aging through Fc receptor expression

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 120, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages 76-81

  Atsuta, Ryo ^a,b   Akiyama, Kazuo ^d   Shirasawa, Takuji ^c   Okumura, Ko ^b   Fukuchi, Yoshinosuke ^a   Ra, Chisei ^b  

^a Department of Respiratory Medicine ^*  (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^d SAGAMIHARA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asthma, elderly onset; Atopic asthma; Fc receptor; IgE; Mast cell

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; FC RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CELL FUNCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRANULATION; DEVICE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAST CELL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PERITONEUM MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SKIN TEST;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANIMALS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MAST CELLS; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, FC;

EID: 0032861585     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000053600     Document Type: Conference Paper

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