Chitinases and chitinase-like proteins in TH2 inflammation and asthma

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 497-500

  Elias, Jack A ^a   Homer, Robert J ^a,b   Hamid, Qutayba ^c   Chun, Geun Lee ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acidic mammalian chitinase; Breast regression protein 39; Chitinase; IL 13; TH2 inflammation

Indexed keywords

CHITIN DERIVATIVE; CHITINASE;

ASTHMA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CHITINASE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-13; MICE; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 24644465726     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2005.06.028     Document Type: Review

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