Th2 cytokines and asthma. Interleukin-9 as a therapeutic target for asthma

Respiratory Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 80-84

  Zhuo, Yuhong ^a   McLane, Michael ^a   Levitt, Roy C ^a  

^a Genaera Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Genetics; Interleukin 9; Target; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 9; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG TARGETING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEREDITY; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MOUSE; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FAMILY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ASTHMA; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-9; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0035719955     PISSN: 14659921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/rr42     Document Type: Review

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