1. [Activated eosinophils: techniques to characterize them].
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Couissinier-Paris P
- Subjects
- Asthma diagnosis, Asthma immunology, Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid, Eosinophil Cationic Protein analysis, Eosinophil Major Basic Protein analysis, Eosinophil Peroxidase analysis, Eosinophilia diagnosis, Eosinophils chemistry, Eosinophils immunology, Eosinophils metabolism, Eosinophils ultrastructure, Flow Cytometry, Humans, Immunohistochemistry, Inflammation, Microscopy, Electron, Phenotype, Radioimmunoassay, Eosinophil Granule Proteins analysis, Eosinophils physiology
- Abstract
The deleterious role thought to be played by eosinophils in many situations is linked to their ability to secrete various inflammatory substances, mainly toxic proteins and lipid mediators, in body tissue. This ability is a particular feature of activated eosinophils, which have undergone numerous metabolic, functional, and phenotypic changes from their resting state. Characterizing the properties of these activated cells is an essential step in improving our understanding of their contributions to local inflammatory response, as both regulatory and effector cells. Improvements in existing methods as well as the development of new technical approaches have facilitated the ex vivo and in vitro study of activated eosinophils and their contribution to various disease states.
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- 2006
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