Inflammasomes in COPD and neutrophilic asthma

Thorax

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1199-1201

  Kim, Richard Y ^a   Pinkerton, James W ^a   Gibson, Peter G ^a   Cooper, Matthew A ^b   Horvat, Jay C ^a   Hansbro, Philip M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; INFLAMMASOME; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; NLRP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; HUMAN; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SMOKING;

ASTHMA; CARRIER PROTEINS; CASPASE 1; CYTOKINES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; INFLAMMASOMES; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; NEUTROPHILS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SMOKING;

EID: 84957865023     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-206736     Document Type: Article

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