Expression of the apoptosis inhibitor Bcl-2 in sputum eosinophils from children with acute asthma

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1701-1706

  El Gamal, Yehia ^a,b   Heshmat, N ^a   Mahran, M ^a   El Gabbas, Z ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Asthma; Bcl 2; Eosinophils; Sputum

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS INHIBITOR; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ADOLESCENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELL SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REMISSION; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; APOPTOSIS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPUTUM;

EID: 9244256718     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2004.02089.x     Document Type: Article

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