Heterogeneous chemotactic response of eosinophils in patients with bronchial asthma: Its association with disease severity

We examined the chemotactic response of eosinophils to five eosinophil chemotactic factors (ECF; ECF-PI5, −PI6, −PI7, −PI8 and -PI9) from an established T cell line (ST02) in 31 patients with bronchial asthma (BA). The asthmatic patients were divided into three groups according to the ratio of the c...

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Main Authors: Takayuki Ohnishi, Hiroki Okada, Misato Terai, Jiro Takahara, Mitsuomi Hiroshima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1997-01-01
Series:Allergology International
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S132389301531604X