Acute inflammatory and immunologic responses against antigen in chronic bird-related hypersensitivity pneumonitis

Background: Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is an immune-mediated lung disease induced by the inhalation of a wide variety of antigens and a persistent antigen exposure induces inevitably pulmonary fibrosis in chronic HP. Although neutrophils, Th1 and Th17 cells contribute to lung inflammation in...

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Main Authors: Yukihisa Inoue, Masahiro Ishizuka, Haruhiko Furusawa, Takayuki Honda, Tatsuo Kawahara, Tomoya Tateishi, Yasunari Miyazaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-07-01
Series:Allergology International
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1323893019300073