Mycoplasma pneumoniae - Induced activation and cytokine production in rodent mast cells

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 470-476

  Hoek, Kristen L ^a   Cassell, Gail H ^a   Duffy, Lynn B ^a   Atkinson, T Prescott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Cytokines; Mast cells; Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; SEROTONIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BASOPHIL; CELL GRANULE; CELL TYPE; CELL VIABILITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LEUKEMIA CELL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MAST CELL; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONIN RELEASE;

EID: 0036126780     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2002.121951     Document Type: Article

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