Exacerbation of Allergic Airway Inflammation in Mice Lacking ECTO-5'-Nucleotidase (CD73)

• Main Authors: Elisabetta Caiazzo (Author), Ida Cerqua (Author), Maria Antonietta Riemma (Author), Roberta Turiello (Author), Armando Ialenti (Author), Jurgen Schrader (Author), Giuseppe Fiume (Author), Carmen Caiazza (Author), Fiorentina Roviezzo (Author), Silvana Morello (Author), Carla Cicala (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The airways are a target tissue of type I allergies and atopy is the main etiological factor of bronchial asthma. A predisposition to allergy and individual response to allergens are dependent upon environmental and host factors. Early studies performed to clarify the role of extracellular adenosine...