Granulocytes: New roles for basophils

Immunology and Cell Biology

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 637-638

  MacGlashan Jr , Donald ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS ASTHMA AND ALLERGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 4;

BASOPHIL; CELL FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASOPHILS; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-6; MAST CELLS; MICE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 56249083110     PISSN: 08189641     EISSN: 14401711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/icb.2008.67     Document Type: Note

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