One month exposure to inhaled endotoxin produces a dose-dependent increase in stored mucosubstances in rat intrapulmonary airways

Experimental Lung Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 509-523

  Gordon, Terry ^a   Nadziejko, Christine ^a   Plant, Matthew ^b   Rodger, Ian W ^b   Pon, Douglas J ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MERCK FROSST CENTRE FOR THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

airway; endotoxin; epithelium; mucus; rat; secretion

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; MUCIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AIRWAY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; METAPLASIA; MUCOUS CELL; MUCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029839814     PISSN: 01902148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01902149609046039     Document Type: Article

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