The interplay of dendritic cells, Th2 cells and regulatory T cells in asthma

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 702-708

  Kuipers, Harmjan ^a   Lambrecht, Bart N ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; B7 ANTIGEN; CD134 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD40 ANTIGEN; CD86 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR4; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR8; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; DOWN REGULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LUNG; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH2 CELL; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; DENDRITIC CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; LUNG; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 7044260960     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2004.09.010     Document Type: Review

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