Emerging functions of basophils in protective and allergic immune responses

Mucosal Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-137

  Sokol, C L ^a   Medzhitov, R ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 4; THYMIC STROMAL LYMPHOPOIETIN;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; B LYMPHOCYTE; BASOPHIL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

EID: 77249124937     PISSN: 19330219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mi.2009.137     Document Type: Review

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