Does IFN-γ play a role on the pathogenesis of non-atopic asthma in Latin America children?

Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Figueiredo, Camila Alexandrina ^a   Rodrigues, Laura Cunha ^b   Alcantara Neves, Neuza Maria ^a   Cooper, Philip J ^c,d   Amorim, Leila Denise ^a   Silva, Nivea Bispo ^a   Cruz, Alvaro A ^a   Barreto, Mauricio Lima ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Atopic asthma; Atopy; Cytokines; IFN g; IgE; Monocytes; Non atopic asthma

Indexed keywords

AEROALLERGEN; ALLERGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOCYTE; NON ATOPIC ASTHMA; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN PRICK TEST; SKIN TEST; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

EID: 84873448028     PISSN: 17101484     EISSN: 17101492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1710-1492-8-18     Document Type: Letter

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