Role of airway epithelial barrier dysfunction in pathogenesis of asthma

Allergology International

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 12-17

  Gon, Yasuhiro ^a   Hashimoto, Shu ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adherens junctions; Airway inflammation; Asthma; Claudins; Tight junctions

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUTICASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; CYTOKINE;

ASTHMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; DENDRITIC CELL; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CYTOKINES; DENDRITIC CELLS; HUMANS; PERMEABILITY; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 85029577671     PISSN: 13238930     EISSN: 14401592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alit.2017.08.011     Document Type: Review

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