Interleukin-18 and interleukin-18 receptor-α expression in allergic asthma

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 981-983

  Imaoka, H ^a,b   Gauvreau, G M ^a   Watson, R M ^a   Smith, S G ^a   Dua, B ^a   Baatjes, A J ^a   Howie, K ^a   Hoshino, T ^b   Killian, K J ^a   Aizawa, H ^b   O'Byrne, P M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 18 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; LUNG BIOPSY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INTERLEUKIN-18; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-18; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053530656     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00033811     Document Type: Letter

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