Interleukin (IL)-4/IL-9 and exogenous IL-16 induce IL-16 production by BEAS-2B cells, a bronchial epithelial cell line

Cellular Immunology

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 75-80

  Yoshida, Nozomi ^a   Arima, Masafumi ^a   Cheng, Gang ^a   Eda, Fukiko ^a   Hirata, Hirokuni ^a   Honda, Kyoko ^a   Fukushima, Fumiya ^a   Fukuda, Takeshi ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Interleukin 16; Interleukin 4; Interleukin 9

Indexed keywords

EOTAXIN; INTERLEUKIN 16; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 9; MESSENGER RNA; RANTES;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 0035251610     PISSN: 00088749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cimm.2000.1745     Document Type: Article

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