Atopy and Inhaled Corticosteroid Use Associate with Fewer IL-17⁺ Cells in Asthmatic Airways

• Fatemeh Fattahi,

  Affiliations University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pulmonology, Groningen, the Netherlands, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, Groningen, the Netherlands, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), Groningen, the Netherlands, Immunology, Asthma and Allergy Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Corry-Anke Brandsma,

  Affiliations University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, Groningen, the Netherlands, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), Groningen, the Netherlands

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• Monique Lodewijk,

  Affiliations University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, Groningen, the Netherlands, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), Groningen, the Netherlands

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• Marjan Reinders-Luinge,

  Affiliations University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, Groningen, the Netherlands, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), Groningen, the Netherlands

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• Dirkje S. Postma,

  Affiliations University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pulmonology, Groningen, the Netherlands, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), Groningen, the Netherlands

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• Wim Timens,

  Affiliations University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, Groningen, the Netherlands, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), Groningen, the Netherlands

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• Machteld N. Hylkema,

  Affiliations University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, Groningen, the Netherlands, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), Groningen, the Netherlands

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• Nick H. T. ten Hacken

  * E-mail: n.h.t.ten.hacken@umcg.nl

  Affiliations University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pulmonology, Groningen, the Netherlands, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), Groningen, the Netherlands

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