IL-4 and IL-5 mRNA and protein in bronchial biopsies from patients with atopic and nonatopic asthma: Evidence against 'intrinsic' asthma being a distinct immunopathologic entity

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1497-1504

  Humbert, Marc ^b   Durham, Stephen R ^b   Ying, Sun ^b   Kimmitt, Patrick ^b   Barkans, Julia ^b   Assoufi, Basil ^b   Pfister, Rudi ^b   Menz, Günter ^b   Robinson, Douglas S ^b   Kay, A Barry ^b   Corrigan, Christopher J ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERIMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA E; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR DENSITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 10544256182     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.154.5.8912771     Document Type: Article

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