Involvement of the iNKT cell pathway is associated with early-onset eosinophilic esophagitis and response to allergen avoidance therapy

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 646-657

  Lexmond, Willem S ^a   Neves, Joana F ^b   Nurko, Samuel ^a   Olszak, Torsten ^b   Exley, Mark A ^b   Blumberg, Richard S ^b   Fiebiger, Edda ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CD1D ANTIGEN; CELL MARKER; CXCL16 CHEMOKINE; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTIGENS, CD1D; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; CHEMOKINES, CXC; CHEMOTAXIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET THERAPY; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATURAL KILLER T-CELLS; PHENOTYPE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, SCAVENGER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84899909240     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2014.12     Document Type: Article

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