Interleukin-9 promotes allergen-induced eosinophilic inflammation and airway hyperresponsiveness in transgenic mice

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 713-720

  McLane, Michael P ^b   Haczku, Angela ^b   Van De Rijn, Matthijs ^b   Weiss, Christine ^b   Ferrante, Veronica ^b   MacDonald, Dorothy ^b   Renauld, Jean Christophe ^b   Nicolaides, Nicholas C ^b   Holroyd, Kenneth J ^b   Levitt, Roy C ^a  

^a Genaera Corporation   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; MURINAE; MUS MUSCULUS;

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 9;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASTHMA; BLOOD; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; EOSINOPHIL; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; LUNG; LUNG LAVAGE; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; EOSINOPHILS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-9; LUNG; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC;

EID: 18344401643     PISSN: 10441549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1165/ajrcmb.19.5.3457     Document Type: Article

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