Deficiency of nitric oxide in allergen-induced airway hyperreactivity to contractile agonists after the early asthmatic reaction: An ex vivo study

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1109-1116

  De Boer, Jacob ^a   Meurs, Herman ^a   Coers, Wilko ^b   Koopal, Miranda ^a   Bottone, Anton E ^a   Visser, A Caroline ^a   Timens, Wim ^b   Zaagsma, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Airway hyperreactivity; Allergic guinea pigs; Histamine; Methacholine; N( ) nitro L arginine methyl ester; Nitric oxide; Tracheal perfusion

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ARGININE METHYL ESTER; HISTAMINE; METHACHOLINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; OVALBUMIN;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; GUINEA PIG; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; TISSUE CULTURE; TRACHEA; TRACHEA MUCOSA; TRACHEA MUSCLE;

EID: 0029949609     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb16011.x     Document Type: Article

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