Effects of theophylline and rolipram on antigen-induced airway responses in neonatally immunized rabbits

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1405-1412

  Gozzard, N ^a,c   Herd, C M ^b   Blake, S M ^a   Holbrook, M ^a   Hughes, B ^a   Higgs, G A ^a   Page, C P ^b  

^a Inflammation Biology   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UCB PHARMA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Airways; Hyperresponsiveness; Inflammation; Neonatally immunized rabbit; Phosphodiesterase type 4 inhibitor; Xanthine

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; HISTAMINE; ROLIPRAM; THEOPHYLLINE;

AIRWAY DYNAMICS; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ALLERGY; ALTERNARIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

EID: 0029868922     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15299.x     Document Type: Article

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