Increased nasal epithelial cell responsiveness to IL-17A in paediatric asthmatics with low blood neutrophil count, low traffic-related air pollution exposure and good asthma control

Affiliations

• ¹ Division of Immunobiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
• ² Division of Asthma Research, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
• ³ Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
• ⁴ Medical Service, Cincinnati Veteran's Administration, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
• ⁵ Division of Allergy and Immunology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
• ⁶ Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
• ⁷ Department of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Dayton Children's Hospital and Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio, USA.
• ⁸ Department of Human Genetics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
• ⁹ Immunology Graduate Program, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
• ¹⁰ College of Allied Health Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.