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Luo, Janice L.

Mayo Clinic

National Institutes of Health

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Activated mouse eosinophils protect against lethal respiratory virus infection
Percopo, Caroline M. , Dyer, Kimberly D., Ochkur, Sergei I. , Luo, Janice L., Fischer, Elizabeth R. , Lee, James J. , Lee, Nancy A., Domachowske, Joseph B. , Rosenberg, Helene F.

Blood | December 2, 2013 | Volume: 123 | Issue: 5 | Pages: 743-752

10.1182/blood-2013-05-502443 Get It

Key Points Eosinophils recruited to the airways in response to A fumigatus sensitization and challenge degranulate in response to virus infection. Activated eosinophils are antiviral and promote survival from an otherwise lethal respiratory virus infection.