Modulation of pulmonary allergic responses by mucosal cytokine-gene transfer

Allergology International

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-15

  Huang, Shau Ku ^a   Li, Xiu Min ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS ASTHMA AND ALLERGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

airway hyperreactivity; allergic inflammation; gene transfer; Th2 cytokines

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010126341     PISSN: 13238930     EISSN: 14401592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2332/allergolint.46.11     Document Type: Review

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