Identification and quantification of basophils in the airways of asthmatics following segmental allergen challenge

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 580-587

  Dijkstra, Dorothea ^a,b   Hennig, Christian ^b   Hansen, Gesine ^b,c   Biller, Heike ^a   Krug, Norbert ^a,c   Hohlfeld, Jens M ^a,c  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR TOXICOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asthma; Basophil; Blood leukocytes; Bronchoalveolar lavage leukocytes; Chipcytometry; Differential cell count; Flow cytometry

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ASTHMA; BASOPHIL; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRONCHOSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PROCEDURES; PYROGLYPHIDAE; SKIN TEST;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ASTHMA; BASOPHILS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; PYROGLYPHIDAE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 84903200828     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: 15524930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.22472     Document Type: Article

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