Regulation by granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor and/or steroids given in vivo of proinflammatory cytokine and chemokine production by bronchoalveolar macrophages in response to Aspergillus conidia

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 187, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 705-709

  Brummer, Elmer ^a,b,c   Kamberi, Marika ^a,b,d   Stevens, David A ^a,b,c  

^a SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ALZA CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE ACETATE; CYTOKINE; DEXAMETHASONE; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; STEROID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG MYCOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLOSIS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CELLS, CULTURED; CORTISONE; DEXAMETHASONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOWN-REGULATION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN-1; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN-1; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MICE; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0037442503     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/368383     Document Type: Article

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