Modulation of pulmonary allergic responses by mucosal cytokine–gene transfer* A summary of this review was presented at the Spring Meeting of the 8th Japanese Congress of Allergology. Originally published in the Journal of Immunology 1996; 157: 3216–19. Copyright 1996. The American Association of Immunologists. This article can not be reproduced in an electronic form.
Recent clinical and experimental animal studies have provided evidence for a pivotal role of T lymphocytes and Th2 cytokines in the development of allergic inflammatory responses and airway hyperreactivity. These studies suggest also that the Th2 cytokine-associated inflammatory responses are potent...
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Elsevier
1997-01-01
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| Series: | Allergology International |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1323893015315744 |