Th2-induced airway mucus production is dependent on IL-4Rα, but not on eosinophils

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 162, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 6178-6183

  Cohn, Lauren ^a   Homer, Robert J ^a,b   MacLeod, Heather ^a   Mohrs, Markus ^c   Brombacher, Frank ^d   Bottomly, Kim ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS MUCUS; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; HELPER CELL; LUNG LAVAGE; MOUSE; MUCUS SECRETION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BRONCHI; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILS; INTERLEUKIN-13 RECEPTOR ALPHA1 SUBUNIT; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-5; MAST CELLS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUCUS; OVALBUMIN; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-13; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-4; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0033562979     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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