Responsiveness of eosinophils to aeroallergens may be independent of atopic status

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 377-384

  Redvall, E ^a   Bengtsson, U ^b   Wenneras C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Box 7193 ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CYTOKINE; EOSINOPHIL PEROXIDASE; MAJOR BASIC PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MALE; MITE; PHLEUM PRATENSE; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; BETULA; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS; EOSINOPHIL PEROXIDASE; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-4; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITES; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLLEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 40849126871     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: 13653083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2008.02081.x     Document Type: Article

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