Activin A is an acute allergen-responsive cytokine and provides a link to TGF-β-mediated airway remodeling in asthma

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 111-118

  Karagiannidis, Christian ^a   Hense, Gabriele ^b   Martin, Christian ^c   Epstein, Michelle ^d   Rückert, Beate ^a   Mantel, Pierre Yves ^a   Menz, Günter ^b   Uhlig, Stefan ^c   Blaser, Kurt ^a   Schmidt Weber, Carsten B ^a  

^a SWISS INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND ASTHMA RESEARCH SIAF   (Switzerland)

^b Hochgebirgsklinik Davos Wolfgang   (Switzerland)

^c RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Allergy; Fibrosis; Suppression; T cells; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; ALLERGEN; CYTOKINE; MESSENGER RNA; OVALBUMIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REPORTER GENE; SENSITIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 29544448270     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2005.09.017     Document Type: Article

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