2-1SSS Biology of Eosinophils

Monday, 5 December 2011: 10:50 - 11:10
Cozumel 1 (Cancún Center)

Bruce Bochner, MD , Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Learning Objectives:
1.  To review the life cycle of the eosinophil.

2.  To summarize unique characteristics of eosinophils that selectively influence their recruitment, activation and survival in tissues.