Dendritic cells and epithelial cells: Linking innate and adaptive immunity in asthma

Nature Reviews Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 193-204

  Hammad, Hamida ^a   Lambrecht, Bart N ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ASTHMA; CELL FUNCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; DENDRITIC CELLS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL;

EID: 40049088465     PISSN: 14741733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nri2275     Document Type: Review

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