Increased Protease-Activated Receptor-2 (PAR-2) Expression on CD14++CD16+ Peripheral Blood Monocytes of Patients with Severe Asthma

Nami Shrestha Palikhe; Drew Nahirney; Cheryl Laratta; Vivek Dipak Gandhi; Dilini Vethanayagam; Mohit Bhutani; Irvin Mayers; Lisa Cameron; Harissios Vliagoftis

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0144500

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Increased Protease-Activated Receptor-2 (PAR-2) Expression on CD14⁺⁺CD16⁺ Peripheral Blood Monocytes of Patients with Severe Asthma

Nami Shrestha Palikhe,

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Drew Nahirney,

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Cheryl Laratta,

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Vivek Dipak Gandhi,

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Dilini Vethanayagam,

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Mohit Bhutani,

Affiliations Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Alberta Asthma Center, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Irvin Mayers,

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Lisa Cameron ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Lisa Cameron, Harissios Vliagoftis

* E-mail: hari@ualberta.ca (HV); lisa.cameron@schulich.uwo.ca (LC)

Affiliations Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Department of Pathology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada
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Harissios Vliagoftis

Contributed equally to this work with: Lisa Cameron, Harissios Vliagoftis

* E-mail: hari@ualberta.ca (HV); lisa.cameron@schulich.uwo.ca (LC)

Affiliations Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Alberta Asthma Center, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Increased Protease-Activated Receptor-2 (PAR-2) Expression on CD14⁺⁺CD16⁺ Peripheral Blood Monocytes of Patients with Severe Asthma

Nami Shrestha Palikhe,
Drew Nahirney,
Cheryl Laratta,
Vivek Dipak Gandhi,
Dilini Vethanayagam,
Mohit Bhutani,
Irvin Mayers,
Lisa Cameron,
Harissios Vliagoftis

Published: December 14, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0144500

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