Intrinsic asthma: Not so different from allergic asthma but driven by superantigens?

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1145-1151

  Barnes, P J ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; CYTOKERATIN 18; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; OMALIZUMAB; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN; SUPERANTIGEN; TACROLIMUS;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EOSINOPHIL; EXTRINSIC ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRINSIC ASTHMA; MALE; MAST CELL; MEDIATOR RELEASE; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; REVIEW; RHINOSINUSITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TH2 CELL; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME;

ALLERGENS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHEMOKINES; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; SUPERANTIGENS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 67650418178     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2009.03298.x     Document Type: Review

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