Immune response and airway reactivity in wild and IL-4 knockout mice exposed to latex allergens

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-29

  Xia, Jin Qi ^a   Rickaby, David A ^a   Kelly, Kevin J ^a   Choi, Hongyung ^a   Dawson, Christopher A ^a   Kurup, Viswanath P ^a  

^a CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway hyperreactivity; Animal model; BALB c mice; Eosinophils; IgE response; IL 4 knockout; Latex allergy; Lung inflammation

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; INTERLEUKIN 4; LATEX; RUBBER;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFLAMMATION; LUNG; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY;

ANIMALS; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EOSINOPHILS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-4; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT;

EID: 0032903170     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000024027     Document Type: Article

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