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Expression of CD44 and integrins in bronchial mucosa of normal and mildly asthmatic subjects.
The European respiratory journal - 1 Nov 1996
Peroni D G, Djukanović R, Bradding P, Feather I H, Montefort S, Howarth P H, Jones D B, Holgate S T
Abstract excerpt
We have investigated the expression of cell surface markers and leucocyte cell adhesion molecules by immunohistochemistry in bronchial biopsies from 10 mild atopic asthmatics and 8 normal, nonatopic subjects. Significantly increased numbers of eosinophils (p<0.01) were evident in the bronchial submucosa of asthmatic subjects. In epithelium there were more CD44+ (p<0.02) and lymphocyte function-associated...
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