Inflammatory response in induced sputum mononuclear cells from patients with acute 
exacerbation of asthma

A. Hamzaoui; M. Ben Brahim; A. Zhioua; Kh. Ayed; K. Hamzaoui

doi:10.1080/09629350020002886

Mediators of Inflammation (Jan 2000)

Inflammatory response in induced sputum mononuclear cells from patients with acute exacerbation of asthma

A. Hamzaoui,
M. Ben Brahim,
A. Zhioua,
Kh. Ayed,
K. Hamzaoui

Affiliations

A. Hamzaoui: A. Mami Hospital, Department of Pediatric Respiratory Diseases, Pavillon B, Ariana, Tunisia
M. Ben Brahim: Department of Physiology, Medicine University of Tunis, Pavillon 6, Tunis, Tunisia
A. Zhioua: Immuno-Histology Laboratory, Medicine University of Tunis, Pavillon 6. Research Unit of the ′Ministère de l′Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique′, Code: 99/UR/08–40, Tunis, Tunisia
Kh. Ayed: Department of Immunopathology, Ch. Nicole Hospital, Tunisia
K. Hamzaoui: Immuno-Histology Laboratory, Medicine University of Tunis, Pavillon 6. Research Unit of the ′Ministère de l′Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique′, Code: 99/UR/08–40, Tunis, Tunisia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09629350020002886
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 3-4
pp. 147 – 153

Abstract

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Examination of sputum provides a direct method to investigate airway inflam mation non-invasively in particular Th1 (IL-2, IFN–γ) and Th2 (IL–4, IL–10) cytokine production.

Published in Mediators of Inflammation

ISSN: 0962-9351 (Print); 1466-1861 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Pathology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/4792

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