Lymphocytes Apoptosis in Patients with Acute Exacerbation of Asthma

Asthma is characterized by airway inflammation, which can be now assessed by the analysis of induced sputum . Ten patients with asthma were investigated during acute exacerbation for the quantification of apoptosis, for Bcl-2 and Fas expression, in induced sputum lymphocytes. They were compared to 1...

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Main Authors: Agnès Hamzaoui, Kamel Hamzaoui, Habib Salah, Abdellatif Chabbou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 1999-01-01
Series:Mediators of Inflammation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09629359990405