Reduced tonsillar expression of human β-defensin 1, 2 and 3 in allergic rhinitis

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 431-438

  Bogefors, Jesper ^a   Kvarnhammar, Anne Månsson ^b   Höckerfelt, Ulf ^a   Cardell, Lars Olaf ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Airway infections; Allergic rhinitis; Cytokines; Epithelial cells; Human defensins; Tonsils

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; BETA DEFENSIN 1; BETA DEFENSIN 2; BETA DEFENSIN 3; CD19 ANTIGEN; HISTAMINE; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TONSIL;

EID: 85027953513     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2012.00959.x     Document Type: Article

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