IL-4Rα-responsive smooth muscle cells contribute to initiation of TH2 immunity and pulmonary pathology in Nippostrongylus brasiliensis infections

Mucosal Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-92

  Horsnell, W G C ^a   Vira, A ^a   Kirstein, F ^a   Mearns, H ^a,b   Hoving, J C ^a   Cutler, A J ^a,c   Dewals, B ^a   Myburgh, E ^a,d   Kimberg, M ^a   Arendse, B ^a   White, N ^a   Lopata, A ^a,e   Burger, P E ^a   Brombacher, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; PROTEIN KINASE C;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EXON; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE FREQUENCY; HELMINTHIASIS; LUNG INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MOUSE; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS BRASILIENSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TH2 CELL;

EID: 78650845770     PISSN: 19330219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mi.2010.46     Document Type: Article

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