Invariant natural killer T cells in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 356, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1410-1422

  Vijayanand, Pandurangan ^a,c   Seumois, Grégory ^a   Pickard, Chris ^a   Powell, Robert M ^a   Angco, Gilbert ^a   Sammut, David ^a   Gadola, Stephan D ^b   Friedmann, Peter S ^a   Djukanović, Ratko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GALACTOSYLCERAMIDE; CD1D ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; MESSENGER RNA; CD3 ANTIGEN; FC RECEPTOR; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG LAVAGE; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; BRONCHUS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; METABOLISM; NATURAL KILLER CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPUTUM; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH2 CELL;

ANTIGENS, CD3; ASTHMA; BRONCHI; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECEPTORS, IGG; RNA, MESSENGER; SPUTUM; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 34047261246     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa064691     Document Type: Article

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