Link between allergic asthma and airway mucosal infection suggested by proteinase-secreting household fungi

Mucosal Immunology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 504-517

  Porter, P ^a   Susarla, S C ^a   Polikepahad, S ^a   Qian, Y ^a   Hampton, J ^a,d   Kiss, A ^a,e   Vaidya, S ^b   Sur, S ^b   Ongeri, V ^a   Yang, T ^a   Delclos, G L ^c   Abramson, S ^a   Kheradmand, F ^a   Corry, D B ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 5; PROTEINASE;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ATOPY; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME RELEASE; EOSINOPHIL; HOUSE DUST; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG MYCOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350341667     PISSN: 19330219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mi.2009.102     Document Type: Article

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