Thymic stromal lymphopoietin expression is increased in asthmatic airways and correlates with expression of Th2-attracting chemokines and disease severity

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 174, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 8183-8190

  Ying, Sun ^a,d   O'Connor, Brian ^a   Ratoff, Jonathan ^a   Meng, Qiu ^a   Mallett, Kirsty ^a   Cousins, David ^a   Robinson, Douglas ^b   Zhang, Guizhen ^c   Zhao, Jisheng ^c   Lee, Tak H ^a   Corrigan, Chris ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CCL22 CHEMOKINE; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR4; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR8; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR3; CXCL11 CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; ELASTASE; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; GLUCOCORTICOID; MAJOR BASIC PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; THYMIC STROMAL LYMPHOPOIETIN; THYMUS AND ACTIVATION REGULATED CHEMOKINE; TRYPTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; THYMUS;

EID: 20444365526     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.174.12.8183     Document Type: Article

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