Exploiting the innate immune system to control allergic asthma

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2786-2788

  Dombrowicz, David ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

galactosylceramide; Asthma; NKT cells

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GALACTOSYLCERAMIDE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLYCOLIPID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 10;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG TARGETING; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; GALACTOSYLCERAMIDES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL;

EID: 27644474947     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200535425     Document Type: Note

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