Activation of Eosinophils Interacting with Dermal Fibroblasts by Pruritogenic Cytokine IL-31 and Alarmin IL-33: Implications in Atopic Dermatitis

Chun-Kwok Wong; Karen Ming-Lam Leung; Huai-Na Qiu; Joyce Yin-Sau Chow; Angela On Kei Choi; Christopher Wai-Kei Lam

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0029815

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Activation of Eosinophils Interacting with Dermal Fibroblasts by Pruritogenic Cytokine IL-31 and Alarmin IL-33: Implications in Atopic Dermatitis

Chun-Kwok Wong ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Chun-Kwok Wong, Karen Ming-Lam Leung

* E-mail: ck-wong@cuhk.edu.hk

Affiliation Department of Chemical Pathology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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Karen Ming-Lam Leung ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Chun-Kwok Wong, Karen Ming-Lam Leung

Affiliation Department of Chemical Pathology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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Huai-Na Qiu,

Affiliation Department of Chemical Pathology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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Joyce Yin-Sau Chow,

Affiliation Department of Chemical Pathology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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Angela On Kei Choi,

Affiliation Department of Chemical Pathology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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Christopher Wai-Kei Lam

Affiliations Department of Chemical Pathology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China, Macau Institute for Applied Research in Medicine and Health, Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa, Macau
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Activation of Eosinophils Interacting with Dermal Fibroblasts by Pruritogenic Cytokine IL-31 and Alarmin IL-33: Implications in Atopic Dermatitis

Chun-Kwok Wong,
Karen Ming-Lam Leung,
Huai-Na Qiu,
Joyce Yin-Sau Chow,
Angela On Kei Choi,
Christopher Wai-Kei Lam

Published: January 17, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029815

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