The expression of stem cell factor and c-kit receptor in human asthmatic airways

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 911-916

  Al Muhsen, S Z ^a,b   Shablovsky, G ^a   Olivenstein, R ^a,c   Mazer, B ^a,b   Hamid, Q ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; c kit; Eosinophils; Mast cells; SCF

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MAST CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; RNA, MESSENGER; STEM CELL FACTOR;

EID: 3042625958     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2004.01975.x     Document Type: Article

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