The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 122, Issue 6 , Pages 1208-1214 , December 2008

Cigarette smoke extract induces thymic stromal lymphopoietin expression, leading to TH2-type immune responses and airway inflammation

  • Yuki Nakamura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan
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  • Masanori Miyata, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan
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  • Tetsuro Ohba, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan
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  • Takashi Ando, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan
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  • Kyosuke Hatsushika, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan
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  • Fumiko Suenaga

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan
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  • Naomi Shimokawa, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan
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  • Yuko Ohnuma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan
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  • Ryohei Katoh, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan
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  • Hideoki Ogawa, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Atopy Research Center, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Atsuhito Nakao, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan
    • Atopy Research Center, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Atsuhito Nakao, MD, PhD, Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, 1110 Shimokato, Chuo, Yamanashi 409-3898, Japan.

Received 7 February 2008 ,Revised 22 July 2008 ,Accepted 15 September 2008.

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 Supported in part by grants from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Japan.

 Disclosure of potential conflict of interest: The authors have declared that they have no conflict of interest.

PII: S0091-6749(08)01686-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.09.022

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 122, Issue 6 , Pages 1208-1214 , December 2008

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