Cross-roads in the lung: Immune cells and tissue interactions as determinants of allergic asthma

Immunologic Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 213-228

  Ramakrishna, Lakshmi ^a   De Vries, Victor Christoff ^a   De Lafaille, Maria Alicia Curotto ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Allergic asthma; Allergic sensitization; Chronic asthma; Immune tolerance; Lung remodeling

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INFLAMMATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH2 CELL; TISSUE INTERACTION;

AIRWAY REMODELING; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CELL COMMUNICATION; DENDRITIC CELLS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LUNG; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 84866740490     PISSN: 0257277X     EISSN: 15590755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12026-012-8296-4     Document Type: Article

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