Serum periostin is associated with type 2 immunity in severe asthma

J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2016 Jun;137(6):1904-1907.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2015.12.1346. Epub 2016 Apr 6.

Authors

Mats W Johansson¹, Michael D Evans², Gina M Crisafi³, Cécile T J Holweg⁴, John G Matthews⁴, Nizar N Jarjour⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.
² Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.
³ Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.
⁴ Genentech, Inc, San Francisco, Calif.
⁵ Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. Electronic address: nnj@medicine.wisc.edu.

No abstract available

Publication types

Clinical Trial
Letter
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Adult
Asthma / blood*
Asthma / immunology
Asthma / pathology
Cell Adhesion Molecules / blood*
Cell Adhesion Molecules / immunology
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Severity of Illness Index
Th2 Cells / immunology
Th2 Cells / metabolism*
Th2 Cells / pathology

Substances

Cell Adhesion Molecules
POSTN protein, human

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