Natural killer cells in the airways: Do they matter?

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 2-4

  Lundahl, J ^a   Hansson, M ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA1 INTEGRIN; CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTEGRIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; L SELECTIN; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 1; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

AIRWAY; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; VIRUS IMMUNITY;

ASTHMA; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; L-SELECTIN; LUNG; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0037288108     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.2003.23697.x     Document Type: Editorial

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