Chronic rhinosinusitis: An enhanced immune response to ubiquitous airborne fungi

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1369-1375

  Shin, Seung Heon ^a   Ponikau, Jens U ^b   Sherris, David A ^c   Congdon, David ^b   Frigas, Evangelo ^a   Homburger, Henry A ^b   Swanson, Mark C ^a   Gleich, Gerald J ^d   Kita, Hirohito ^a,b  

^a Div Allergic Dis Dept Int Med   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternaria; Chronic rhinosinusitis; cytokines; fungus; immune response; inflammation

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 5;

ADULT; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AIRWAY; ALTERNARIA; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHRONIC RHINITIS; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; CHRONICITY; CLADOSPORIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MALE; PENICILLIUM; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ADULT; AGED; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ALTERNARIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYTOKINES; EOSINOPHIL MAJOR BASIC PROTEIN; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-5; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS;

EID: 9644266659     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2004.08.012     Document Type: Article

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