Strain-related differences in Sephadex bead-induced airway hyperresponsiveness and inflammation in rats

Inflammation Research

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 299-305

  Matsubara, S ^a   Nakata, A ^a   Kikuchi, M ^a   Kikkawa, H ^a   Ikezawa, K ^a   Naito, K ^a  

^a MITSUBISHI TANABE PHARMA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airway hyperresponsiveness; Airway inflammation; Rat; Sephadex beads; Strain

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; SEPHADEX; SEROTONIN;

AIRWAY; AIRWAY INFLAMMATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE; LOEFFLER PNEUMONIA; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; DEXAMETHASONE; DEXTRANS; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MICROSPHERES; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, INBRED LEW; RATS, INBRED WKY; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030812931     PISSN: 10233830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000110050191     Document Type: Article

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