Serum B12 tryptase level as a marker of allergic airway inflammation in asthma

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 315-322

  Taira, Manako ^a   Tamaoki, Jun ^a   Kondo, Mitsuko ^a   Kawatani, Kiyomi ^a   Nagai, Atsushi ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergic asthma; Eosinophil cationic protein; Immunofluoroassay; Mast cell tryptase

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TRYPTASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MAST CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; SERUM; SPUTUM; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TRYPTASES;

EID: 0036095618     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JAS-120002288     Document Type: Article

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