Ozone enhances markers of innate immunity and antigen presentation on airway monocytes in healthy individuals

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 719-722

  Lay, John C ^a   Alexis, Neil E ^a   Kleeberger, Steven R ^b   Roubey, Robert A S ^a   Harris, Bradford D ^a   Bromberg, Philip A ^a   Hazucha, Milan J ^a   Devlin, Robert B ^c   Peden, David B ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD14 ANTIGEN;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; AMBIENT AIR; DISEASE MARKER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; LETTER; MONOCYTE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGENS, CD11B; ANTIGENS, CD14; ANTIGENS, CD86; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; LUNG; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MONOCYTES; NEUTROPHILS; OZONE; RECEPTORS, IGG; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SPUTUM;

EID: 34548270037     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2007.05.005     Document Type: Letter

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