Rapid dendritic cell recruitment to the bronchial mucosa of patients with atopic asthma in response to local allergen challenge

Thorax

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 823-826

  Jahnsen, F L ^a,c   Moloney, E D ^d   Hogan, T ^d   Upham, J W ^a,b   Burke, C M ^d   Holt, P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d Memorial Hospital   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Allergen challenge; Asthma; Dendritic cells

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CELL MIGRATION; DENDRITIC CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD1; ASTHMA; BRONCHI; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; DENDRITIC CELLS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PILOT PROJECTS; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0034778994     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.56.11.823     Document Type: Article

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