Natural killer T cells in the lungs of patients with asthma
P Matangkasombut, G Marigowda, A Ervine… - Journal of allergy and …, 2009 - jacionline.org
The study was approved by the Institutional Review Boards at Children's Hospital Boston
and Brigham and Women's and Connolly Hospitals. All 18 subjects provided written
informed consent and underwent fiberoptic bronchoscopy. Five had severe asthma (based
on the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Severe Asthma Research Program criteria),
7 8 had well-controlled asthma (based on the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Expert Panel Report 3 Guidelines), and 5 had no history of asthma (Table I). BALF samples …
and Brigham and Women's and Connolly Hospitals. All 18 subjects provided written
informed consent and underwent fiberoptic bronchoscopy. Five had severe asthma (based
on the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Severe Asthma Research Program criteria),
7 8 had well-controlled asthma (based on the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Expert Panel Report 3 Guidelines), and 5 had no history of asthma (Table I). BALF samples …