Innate immune activation in neutrophilic asthma [6]

Thorax

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 88-89

  Walters, E H ^a   Wood Baker, R ^a   Reid, D E C ^a   Ward, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; INTERLEUKIN 8 ANTIBODY; MESSENGER RNA; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

ASTHMA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL INFILTRATION; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LETTER; LUNG LAVAGE; MACROPHAGE; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; IMMUNOLOGY; NOTE;

ASTHMA; HUMANS; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; NEUTROPHILS;

EID: 38349140364     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

1. Simpson JC, Grissell TV, Doures J, et al. Innate immune activation in neutrophilic asthma and bronchiectasis. Thorax 2007;62:211-18.
2. Kelly C, Ward C, Stenton CS, et al. Number and activity of inflammatory cells in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in asthma and their relation to airway responsiveness. Thorax 1988;43:684-92.
3. Ward C, Reid DW, Orsida BE, et al. Inter-relationships between airway inflammation, reticular basement membrane thickening and bronchial hyper-reactivity to methacholine in asthma, a systematic bronchoalveolar and airway biopsy analysis. Clin Exp Allergy 2005;35:1565-71.
4. Reid DW, Ward C, Wang N, et al. Possible antiinflammatory effect of salmeterol against interleukin-8 and neutrophil activation in asthma in vivo. Eur Respir J 2003;21:994-9.
5. Ward C, Walters EH, Zheng L, et al. Increased soluble CD14 in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of stable lung transplant recipients. Eur Respir J 2002;19:472-8.