Bioaerosols and innate immune responses in airway diseases

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 361-366

  Hauswirth, David W ^a   Sundy, John S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

glucan; Bioaerosol; Dectin 1; Endotoxin; Innate immunity; Nucleotide binding oligomerization domain; Peptidoglycan; Peptidoglycan recognition protein; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCAN; ENDOTOXIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

AEROSOL; CELL WALL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; BETA-GLUCANS; ENDOTOXINS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 4644336801     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00130832-200410000-00006     Document Type: Review

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