Interleukin-17 and cystic fibrosis lung disease

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 109-110

  Tan, Hui Leng ^a   Davies, Jane ^a   Brown, Sarah ^a   Lloyd, Clare M ^a   Bush, Andrew ^a   Regamey, Nicolas ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 23; INTERLEUKIN 6; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

CYSTIC FIBROSIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG FLUID; LUNG LAVAGE; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; TH17 CELL;

EID: 84855271513     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.185.1.109     Document Type: Letter

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