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Complex association patterns for inflammatory mediators in induced sputum from subjects with asthma.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology - 1 Jul 2018
Hastie A T, Steele C, Dunaway C W, Moore W C, Rector B M, Ampleford E, Li H, Denlinger L C, Jarjour N, Meyers D A, Bleecker E R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The release of various inflammatory mediators into the bronchial lumen is thought to reflect both the type and degree of airway inflammation, eosinophilic Th2, and Th9, or neutrophilic Th1, and Th17, in patients with asthma. AIMS: We investigated whether cytokines and chemokines differed in sputum from subjects with more severe compared with milder asthma and whether unbiased factor analysis of...
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