Neutrophil defensins stimulate the release of cytokines by airway epithelial cells: Modulation by dexamethasone

Inflammation Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 8-15

  Van Wetering, S ^a   Mannesse Lazeroms, S P G ^a   Van Sterkenburg, M A J A ^a   Hiemstra, P S ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Airway; Cytokines; Defensins; Dexamethasone; Epithelial cells

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DEFENSIN; CYTOKINE; DEFENSIN; DEXAMETHASONE; EPITHELIAL DERIVED NEUTROPHIL ACTIVATING FACTOR 78; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; NEUTROPHIL; NORTHERN BLOTTING; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM;

EID: 0036161872     PISSN: 10233830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00000282     Document Type: Conference Paper

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