Eosinophils in Disease

Activated eosinophils in coeliac disease.

Eosinophils in Fungus-Associated Allergic Pulmonary Disease

Asthma is frequently caused and/or exacerbated by sensitization to fungal allergens, which are ubiquitous in many indoor and outdoor environments. Severe asthma with fungal sensitization is characterized by airway hyperresponsiveness and bronchial constriction in response to an inhaled allergen that is worsened by environmental exposure to airborne fungi and which leads to a disease course that...

Circulating eosinophils in children in health and disease.

T THE present time the role of the adrenal cortex in disease is the suSject of intensive investigation. The response of the adrenal g’and to various forms of stress may be studiea by measurement of changes in the circulating eosinophil count. The studies of Thorn et al.’ have provided a simple clinical method for determining the adrer’.ocortical reserve in normal and Addisonian patients followi...

The expanding role(s) of eosinophils in health and disease.

Surprisingly, the role(s) of eosinophils in health and disease is often summarized by clinicians and basic research scientists as a pervasive consensus opinion first learned in medical/graduate school. Eosinophils are rare white blood cells whose activities are primarily destructive and are only relevant in parasitic infections and asthma. However, is this consensus correct? This review argues ...

Eosinophils in Immunity and Disease Roles and Regulation of Gastrointestinal