Systemic upregulation of neutrophil α-defensins and serine proteases in neutrophilic asthma

Thorax

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 942-947

  Baines, Katherine J ^a,b   Simpson, Jodie L ^a,b   Wood, Lisa G ^a,b   Scott, Rodney J ^c   Gibson, Peter G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DEFENSIN; CATHEPSIN G; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTSG GENE; DEFA1 GENE; DEFA1B GENE; DEFA3 GENE; DEFA4 GENE; DISEASE COURSE; ELA2 GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHILIC ASTHMA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REFERENCE VALUE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; RNA EXTRACTION; SPUTUM SMEAR; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; UPREGULATION;

EID: 80054102428     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2010.157719     Document Type: Article

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