Eosinophils and Th2 immunity: contemporary insights
Open Access
- 12 January 2010
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Immunology & Cell Biology
- Vol. 88 (3), 250-256
- https://doi.org/10.1038/icb.2009.115
Abstract
Eosinophils, innate immune leukocytes elicited by Th2 cells, have long been associated with the effector arm of Th2 immune responses. However, accumulating data over the past decade reveal a much mor...Keywords
Funding Information
- National Institutes of Health (AI020241, AI051645)
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