Bronchus-Associated Lymphoid Tissue (BALT). Structure and function

Advances in Immunology

Volumn 107, Issue C, 2010, Pages 187-241

  Randall, Troy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CHEMOKINE; CIGARETTE SMOKE; ENDOTOXIN;

ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ALLERGY; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ASTHMA; AUTOIMMUNE LUNG DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BOOK; BRONCHUS; CELL MIGRATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GENE SWITCHING; GERMINAL CENTER; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; LUNG; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FIBROSIS; LYMPHOCYTE HOMING; LYMPHOID TISSUE; LYMPHOMA; MEMORY CELL; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLASMA CELL; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SOMATIC MUTATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 77958491275     PISSN: 00652776     EISSN: 15578445     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-381300-8.00007-1     Document Type: Chapter

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