Peripheral blood dendritic cell subtypes are significantly elevated in subjects with asthma

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 665-672

  Spears, M ^a   Mcsharry, C ^a   Donnelly, I ^a   Jolly, L ^a   Brannigan, M ^a   Thomson, J ^a   Lafferty, J ^a   Chaudhuri, R ^a   Shepherd, M ^a   Cameron, E ^a   Thomson, N C ^a  

^a GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Classical; Dendritic cells; Myeloid; Plasmacytoid; Smoking

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; PHLEBOTOMY; PLASMACYTOID DENDRITIC CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; ASTHMA; DENDRITIC CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING;

EID: 79954593772     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2010.03692.x     Document Type: Article

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