Natural allergen exposure does not diminish the sensitivity of cytokine production to glucocorticosteroids in blood cells of seasonal allergic asthma and rhinitis patients

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 927-933

  Larsson, Susanne ^a   Hansson, Lennart ^a   Greiff, Lennart ^a   Löfdahl, CLAES GÖRAN ^a   Persson, Carl G A ^a   Broberg, Per ^b   Linden, Margareta ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Allergic rhinitis; Asthma; Glucocorticoids; GM CSF; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BUDESONIDE; CYTOKINE; EYE DROPS; GLUCOCORTICOID; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; LEVOCABASTINE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LORATADINE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; BIRCH; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EOSINOPHIL; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; RHINITIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0036827588     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rmed.2002.1372     Document Type: Article

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