Airway Epithelium

Allergy and Allergic Diseases, Second Edition

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 366-397

  Avila, Pedro C ^a   Schleimer, Robert P ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway epithelium; Apical intercellular adhesion complex; Ciliated epithelial cells; Cytokines, chemokines and neuropeptides; Enzymes involved in production of reactive oxygen species (ROS); Epithelial role in homeostasis and in host responses to environment, disease; Epithelium in innate immunity; Epithelium role in adaptive immune responses; Pattern recognition receptors (PRRs); Pulmonary neuroendocrine cells (PNECs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889280915     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444300918.ch16     Document Type: Chapter

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