Inflammatory response of the airway to inhaled endotoxin correlates with body mass index in atopic patients with asthma but not in normal volunteers

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1185-1186

  Alexis, Neil E ^a   Peden, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ATOPY; BODY MASS; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LETTER; MALE; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM LEVEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; BRONCHITIS; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE;

EID: 33646148245     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2005.12.1305     Document Type: Letter

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