Nitrogen Dioxide Exposure Increases Airway Contractile Response to Histamine by Decreasing Histamine N-Methyltransferase Activity in Guinea Pigs

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 76-83

  Hoshi, Hiroki ^b   Yamauchi, Kohei ^b   Sekizawa, Kiyohisa ^b   Ohkawara, Yuichi ^b   Iijima, Hideya ^b   Sakurai, Eiko ^b   Maeda, Kimito ^b   Okinaga, Shoji ^b   Ohno, Isao ^b   Honma, Masaaki ^b   Tamura, Gen ^b   Tanno, Yasuo ^b   Watanabe, Takehiko ^b   Sasaki, Hidetada ^b   Shirato, Kunio ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA;

ENZYME INHIBITOR; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; EOSINOPHIL; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETICS; GUINEA PIG; KINETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MUCOSA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TRACHEA;

ANIMALS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EOSINOPHILS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GUINEA PIGS; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; KINETICS; MALE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; RNA, MESSENGER; TRACHEA;

EID: 0029690917     PISSN: 10441549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1165/ajrcmb.14.1.8534489     Document Type: Article

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