Involvement of eosinophils in the onset of asthma

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 26-27

  Matsumoto, Kenji ^a   Tamari, Mayumi ^b   Saito, Hirohisa ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR3; CYTOKINE; GENE PRODUCT; INTERLEUKIN 5 ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 5 RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ALLERGY; ASTHMA; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EDITORIAL; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; GENE INTERACTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; EOSINOPHILS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-5 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; MICE; RECEPTORS, CCR3; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 38149142271     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2007.10.002     Document Type: Editorial

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