CD44 - A sticky target for asthma

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1460-1462

  Rothenberg, Marc E ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; EOTAXIN; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 25; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 9; MACROPHAGE CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR; THYMUS AND ACTIVATION REGULATED CHEMOKINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INCIDENCE; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; ANIMAL; CELL MOTION; EOSINOPHIL; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD44; ASTHMA; CELL MOVEMENT; CYTOKINES; EOSINOPHILS; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MICE; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0038312911     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI200318392     Document Type: Note

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