Effects of in vitro treatment with fluticasone propionate on natural killer and lymphokine-induced killer activity in asthmatic and healthy individuals

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 323-327

  Di Lorenzo, Gabriele ^a,c   Pellitteri, M Esposito ^a   Drago, A ^a   Di Blasi, P ^b   Candore, G ^a   Balistreri, C ^a   Listi F ^a   Caruso, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b GSK   (Italy)

^c Istituto di Medicina Interna e Geriatria   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asthma; Fluticasone propionate; Human allergy; Natural killer cell activity

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; INTERLEUKIN 2;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; EFFECTOR CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOKINE ACTIVATED KILLER CELL; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINITIS;

ANDROSTADIENES; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; KILLER CELLS, LYMPHOKINE-ACTIVATED; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL;

EID: 0035103406     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.2001.00879.x     Document Type: Article

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