Reduced interleukin-18 levels in BAL specimens from patients with asthma compared to patients with sarcoidosis and healthy control subjects

Chest

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1421-1426

  Ho, Ling Pei ^a   Davis, Margaret ^b   Denison, Alan ^b   Wood, Fraser T ^b   Greening, Andrew P ^b  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; BAL; Interleukin 18; Macrophage stimulation; Sarcoidosis; T helper type 1 T helper type 2 lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 18; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELL STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; SUPERNATANT;

EID: 0036246975     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.121.5.1421     Document Type: Article

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