Fusion protein vesicle-associated membrane protein 2 is implicated in IFN-γ-induced piecemeal degranulation in human eosinophils from atopic individuals

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 671-678

  Lacy, Paige ^a   Logan, Michael R ^a   Bablitz, Ben ^a   Moqbel, Redwan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Eosinophils; RANTES; Soluble N ethylmaleimide sensitive factor attachment protein receptor; Tetanus toxin; Vesicle associated membrane protein

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; HYBRID PROTEIN; RANTES; SNARE PROTEIN; SYNAPTOBREVIN; TETANUS TOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DEGRANULATION; EOSINOPHIL; EXOCYTOSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE FUSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0035038737     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2001.113562     Document Type: Article

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