Increased expression of vascular endothelial growth factor-A in seasonal allergic rhinitis

Cytokine

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 268-273

  Benson, Mikael ^a,c   Carlsson, Björn ^b   Carlsson, Lena M S ^b   Wennergren, Göran ^c   Cardell, Lars Olaf ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Microarrays; VEGF

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE POOL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NASAL BIOPSY; NOSE MUCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA EXTRACTION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0036910667     PISSN: 10434666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cyto.2002.1997     Document Type: Article

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