Whole-blood flow-cytometric analysis of eosinophil EG2 expression as a marker of the pathological conditions of asthma

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 117, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages 77-80

  Kuwasaki, Tomoe ^a   Chihara, Junichi ^b   Kayaba, Hirovuki ^b   Kamata, Yumiko ^b   Oyamada, Hazime ^a   Saito, Norihiro ^b   Shioya, Takanobu ^b   Sasaki, Masahiro ^b   Kagaya, Manabu ^b   Tsuda, Akira ^b  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asthma; EG2; Eosinophils; Flow cytometry; Whole blood analysis

Indexed keywords

BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; CELL ANTIGEN; EDETIC ACID; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; HEPARIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OCTYL GLUCOSIDE; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; REAGENT;

ASTHMA; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LABORATORY; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BENZOQUINONES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEINS; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; FIXATIVES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUCOSIDES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERS; RIBONUCLEASES;

EID: 7344237960     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000053578     Document Type: Conference Paper

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