Eosinophils: Biological properties and role in health and disease

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 709-750

  Hogan, Simon P ^a   Rosenberg, Helene F ^a   Moqbel, Redwan ^a   Phipps, Simon ^a   Foster, Paul S ^a   Lacy, Paige ^a   Kay, A Barry ^a   Rothenberg, Marc E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIBODY; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; COMPLEMENT RECEPTOR; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEIN; EOSINOPHIL PEROXIDASE; EOTAXIN 1 ANTIBODY; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROXYUREA; IMATINIB; INTERLEUKIN 13 ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 5 ANTIBODY; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR; MAJOR BASIC PROTEIN; NEDOCROMIL; PREDNISONE; PROSTAGLANDIN RECEPTOR; RIBAVIRIN; SIGLEC 8 ANTIBODY; SNARE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PU 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCRISTINE; ZILEUTON;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ASTHMA; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEGRANULATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EOSINOPHIL; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HELMINTHIASIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; IMMUNOREGULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ASTHMA; EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEINS; EOSINOPHILS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; MAST CELLS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 42249088428     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2008.02958.x     Document Type: Review

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