Fungi linking the pathophysiology of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps and allergic asthma

Immunological Investigations

Volumn 40, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 767-785

  Pakdaman, Michael N ^a   Corry, David B ^b   Luong, Amber ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AFRS; CRSwNP; Fungi; Ovalbumin; Polyps; Protease; Rhinosinusitis; Sinus

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FUNGAL PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; ITRACONAZOLE; PROTEINASE; RANTES; VORICONAZOLE;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASTHMA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CURVULARIA LUNATA; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOLLOW UP; FUNGAL SINUSITIS; FUNGUS; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; NONHUMAN; NOSE POLYP; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FUNGI; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MICE; MYCOSES; NASAL POLYPS; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS;

EID: 80053951795     PISSN: 08820139     EISSN: 15324311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08820139.2011.596876     Document Type: Article

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