The eosinophil enigma

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 507-509

  Williams, Timothy J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHEMOKINE; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 5; CYTOKINE; EOTAXIN; GROWTH FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 5 ANTIBODY; LEUKOTRIENE; LUMICAN; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; PROCOLLAGEN; PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TENASCIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; VASCULOTROPIN; TGFB1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ASTHMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; EOSINOPHILS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-5; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 85047692731     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI21073     Document Type: Review

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