C3a, mast cells, and asthma

FASEB Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1585-

  Bradding, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3A; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5A;

ASTHMA; BREATHING MUSCLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL LINE; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; UPREGULATION;

ASTHMA; CELL LINE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COMPLEMENT C3A; HUMANS; MAST CELLS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 26444486954     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.05-4050ltr     Document Type: Letter

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