Eosinophils as antigen-presenting cells in allergic upper airway disease

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-19

  Akuthota, Praveen ^a   Wang, Haibin ^a   Weller, Peter F ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen presentation; Eosinophils; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 5; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; RAGWEED ANTIGEN; SECONDARY LYMPHOID TISSUE CHEMOKINE;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ASTHMA; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CELL SURFACE; DENDRITIC CELL; EOSINOPHIL; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIA; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPH NODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; CELL MOVEMENT; EOSINOPHILS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; IMMUNOMODULATION; RECEPTORS, IGE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 76149127355     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0b013e328334f693     Document Type: Review

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