Levels of soluble human leukocyte antigen-G are increased in asthmatic airways

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 925-927

  White, S R ^a   Loisel, D A ^a   McConville, J F ^a   Stern, R ^a   Tu, Y ^a   Marroquin, B A ^a   Noth, I ^a   Ober, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; HLA G ANTIGEN;

AIRWAY; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG LAVAGE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING; SYMPTOM; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; LUNG; MALE; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 77951149321     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00164809     Document Type: Letter

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