The role of neurotrophins in the pathophysiology of allergic rhinitis

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 8-13

  Raap, Ulrike ^a   Braunstahl, Gert Jan ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b SINT FRANCISCUS GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Eosinophil granulocytes; Mast cells; Nasal allergen provocation; Nerve growth factor; Pan neurotrophin receptor p75NTR; Tyrosine kinase A

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR P75; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BINDING AFFINITY; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOWN REGULATION; EOSINOPHIL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GRANULOCYTE; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; MAST CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA; NOSE MUCUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TISSUE REPAIR; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; EOSINOPHILS; HUMANS; NASAL MUCOSA; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 76149145360     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0b013e328334f5de     Document Type: Review

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