Barrier Disrupting Effects of Alternaria Alternata Extract on Bronchial Epithelium from Asthmatic Donors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Leino, Marina S ^a   Loxham, Matthew ^a   Blume, Cornelia ^a   Swindle, Emily J ^a   Jayasekera, Nivenka P ^a   Dennison, Patrick W ^a   Shamji, Betty W H ^b   Edwards, Matthew J ^b   Holgate, Stephen T ^a   Howarth, Peter H ^a   Davies, Donna E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NOVARTIS INSTITUTES FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 8; PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; THYMIC STROMAL LYMPHOPOIETIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN;

ALLERGENS; ALTERNARIA; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ASTHMA; BRONCHI; CELL LINE; CYTOKINES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PERMEABILITY; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA;

EID: 84882978823     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071278     Document Type: Article

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