TLR3- and Th2 cytokine-dependent production of thymic stromal lymphopoietin in human airway epithelial cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1080-1087

  Kato, Atsushi ^a   Favoreto Jr , Silvio ^a   Avila, Pedro C ^a   Schleimer, Robert P ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; LIGAND; MESSENGER RNA; THYMIC STROMAL LYMPHOPOIETIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 3; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYBRID PROTEIN; TLR3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; DRUG INHIBITION; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RHINOVIRUS; RHINOVIRUS INFECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TH2 CELL; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRONCHUS; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PICORNAVIRUS INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ASTHMA; BRONCHI; CYTOKINES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; PICORNAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINOVIRUS; RNA, MESSENGER; TH2 CELLS; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 3; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 34548713042     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.2.1080     Document Type: Article

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