Staphylococcal enterotoxin induced IL-5 stimulation as a cofactor in the pathogenesis of atopic disease: The hygiene hypothesis in reverse?

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 252-256

  Heaton, T ^a   Mallon, D ^b   Venaille, T ^a   Holt, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Fremantle Prncs Margaret Hospitals   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activation; Asthma; Atopic dermatitis; Interleukin 5; Superantigens

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 5; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN B; SUPERANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DISEASE COURSE; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CYTOKINES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; ECZEMA; ENTEROTOXINS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-5; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SUPERANTIGENS;

EID: 0038294699     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.2003.00088.x     Document Type: Article

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