Protease-dependent activation of epithelial cells by fungal allergens leads to morphologic changes and cytokine production

Henk F. Kauffman, J F Tomee, Marjolein A. van de Riet, +2

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

InflammationFungal AllergensAllergyImmunologyImmune Regulation +9

Dysfunctional Interaction of C/EBPα and the Glucocorticoid Receptor in Asthmatic Bronchial Smooth-Muscle Cells

Michael Roth, Peter R. A. Johnson, Peter Borger, +8

New England Journal of Medicine

House dust mite major allergens Der p 1 and Der p 5 activate human airway-derived epithelial cells by protease-dependent and protease-independent mechanisms

Henk F. Kauffman, Michael Tamm, J. A. B. Timmerman, +1

Clinical and Molecular Allergy

β -Adrenoceptor-mediated Inhibition of IFN- γ , IL-3, and GM-CSF mRNA Accumulation in Activated Human T Lymphocytes Is Solely Mediated by the β ₂ -Adrenoceptor Subtype

Peter Borger, Yke Hoekstra, Mariet T. Esselink, +4

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Interleukin‐6 promotes the production of interleukin‐4 and interleukin‐5 by interleukin‐2‐dependent and ‐independent mechanisms in freshly isolated human T cells

Irene H. Heijink, Edo Vellenga, Peter Borger, +3

Immunology

Interleukin-7 Upregulates the Interleukin-2–Gene Expression in Activated Human T Lymphocytes at the Transcriptional Level by Enhancing the DNA Binding Activities of Both Nuclear Factor of Activated T Cells and Activator Protein-1

Sonja I. Gringhuis, Lou F. M. H. de Leij, Emmy W. Verschuren, +2

Blood

Asthma: Is It Due to an Abnormal Airway Smooth Muscle Cell?

Peter Borger, Michael Tamm, Judith L. Black, +1

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

AsthmaAllergySkeletal MuscleLung InflammationRespiratory Diseases +13

Prostaglandin E2 differentially modulates IL-5 gene expression in activated humanT lymphocytes depending on the costimulatory signal

Peter Borger, Edo Vellenga, Sonja I. Gringhuis, +4

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Bronchial Smooth Muscle Cells of Asthmatics Promote Angiogenesis through Elevated Secretion of CXC-Chemokines (ENA-78, GRO-α, and IL-8)

Laura Keglowich, Michael Roth, Maria Philippova, +9

PLoS ONE

Disease-specific expression and regulation of CCAAT/enhancer-binding proteins in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Peter Borger, Hisako Matsumoto, Sarah Boustany, +6

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

InflammationAsthmaAllergyRespiratory DiseasesImmunology +5