Eosinophil survival and apoptosis in health and disease

Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-101

  Park, Yong Mean ^a,b   Bochner, Bruce S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Eosinophils; Survival

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BETA INTERFERON; BINDING PROTEIN; CASPASE; CD30 ANTIGEN; CD40 ANTIGEN; FAS ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCOCORTICOID; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 33; INTERLEUKIN 5; LEPTIN; LIDOCAINE; MEPOLIZUMAB; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN IRP60; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; SIALIC ACID BINDING IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE LECTIN 8; SIALIC ACID BINDING IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE LECTIN F; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BONE MARROW; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; EOSINOPHILIC GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDER; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77952753062     PISSN: 20927355     EISSN: 20927363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4168/aair.2010.2.2.87     Document Type: Review

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