Mycoplasma pneumoniae antigens stimulate interleukin-8

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Volumn 123, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Chmura, Kathryn ^a   Lutz, Ryan D ^a   Chiba, Hirofumi ^a   Numata, Mari S ^a   Choi, Hee Jung ^c   Fantuzzi, Giamila ^c   Voelker, Dennis R ^a   Chan, Edward D ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 (4 METHYLPHENYLSULFONYL) 2 PROPENENITRILE; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE; CLARITHROMYCIN; I KAPPA B ALPHA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 8; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; POLYMYXIN B; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; SERINE; THREONINE;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL LINE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; MOUSE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0037338522     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.123.3_suppl.425s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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