The role of Helicobacter pylori infection in the development of allergic asthma

Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 441-449

  Taube, Christian ^a   Müller, Anne ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

asthma; dendritic cells; Helicobacter pylori; hygiene hypothesis; immunology; regulatory T cells

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CAGA PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 18; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AIRWAY; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGY; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH MUCOSA; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 84866398529     PISSN: 17476348     EISSN: 17476356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ers.12.40     Document Type: Review

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