Nasal polyp cell populations and fungal-specific peripheral blood lymphocyte proliferation in allergic fungal sinusitis

American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 453-460

  Pant, Harshita ^a,b   Beroukas, Dimitra ^b   Kette, Frank E ^c   Smith, William B ^c   Wormald, Peter J ^a   Macardle, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allergic fungal sinusitis; CD4+ T cells; CD8+ T cells; Chronic rhinosinusitis; Eosinophilic mucus chronic rhinosinusitis; Fungal allergy; Mucosal inflammation; Nasal polyp; Sinus mucosal cell populations; T cells

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC FUNGAL SINUSITIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL POPULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSPIN; ENDOSCOPY; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIC MUCUS CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MAST CELL; MONOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; NOSE POLYP; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; RHINOSINUSITIS; SINUSITIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

FUNGUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; NASAL POLYPS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINUSITIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70449717499     PISSN: 19458924     EISSN: 19458932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajra.2009.23.3356     Document Type: Article

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