Do the current house dust mite-driven models really mimic allergic asthma?

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1220-1221

  Birrell, M A ^a   Van Oosterhout, A J M ^b   Belvisi, M G ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 5; OVALBUMIN;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; B LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE MODEL; EFFECTOR CELL; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HYPERSENSITIVITY; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

EID: 78349297214     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00069110     Document Type: Letter

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