Abbreviations
- ALI:
-
Air liquid interface
- CB:
-
Cord blood
- CFU:
-
Colony-forming unit
- Eo/B:
-
Eosinophil-basophil
- GM-CSF:
-
Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor
- HBEC:
-
Human bronchial epithelial cells
- HCR:
-
Hemopoietic cytokine receptors
- IL:
-
Interleukin
- PB:
-
Peripheral blood
- Q-PCR:
-
Quantitative polymerase chain reaction
- TLR:
-
Toll-like receptor
- TSLP:
-
Thymic stromal lymphopoietin
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This research was supported in part by grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR #84506 (ML) and #111029 (JAD)) and AllerGen NCE (JAD).
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Denburg, J. Eosinophil-basophil progenitors and atopic risk. Allergo J 22, 553–555 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15007-013-0443-2
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