Cytokine production from peripheral whole blood in atopic and nonatopic asthmatics: Relationship with blood and sputum eosinophilia and serum IgE levels

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1134-1141

  Bettiol, J ^a   Bartsch, P ^a   Louis, R ^a,b   De Groote, D ^a   Gevaerts, Y ^a   Louis, E ^a   Malaise, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b CHU SART TILMAN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atopic and nonatopic asthma; Eosinophils; IgE; Interferon ; Interleukin 4; Interleukin 6

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EOSINOPHILIA; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SPUTUM;

EID: 0033777968     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.2000.00711.x     Document Type: Article

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