Immunologic basis of antigen-induced airway hyperresponsiveness

Annual Review of Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue , 1999, Pages 255-281

  Wills Karp, Marsha ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Cytokines; IL 13; IL 4; IL 5; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGENS; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKINES; EOSINOPHILS; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LUNG; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0032968706     PISSN: 07320582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.immunol.17.1.255     Document Type: Review

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