Mast cells and eosinophils: The "hallmark" of asthma

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. A, 2004, Pages

  Puxeddu, Ilaria ^a   Levi Schaffer, Francesca ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; BLEOMYCIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; COLLAGEN TYPE 5; COLLAGEN TYPE 6; CORTICOSTEROID; FIBRONECTIN; GELATINASE B; HEPARIN; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; LAMININ; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 2; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; ALPHA ACTIN; COLLAGEN; EOTAXIN; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; DRUG MECHANISM; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FIBROBLAST; LUNG FIBROSIS; MAST CELL; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE REPAIR; WOUND HEALING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG LAVAGE; REVIEW;

EID: 1342329593     PISSN: 15260542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1526-0542(04)90007-3     Document Type: Review

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