Blockade of late-phase airway responses and airway hyperresponsiveness in allergic sheep with a small-molecule peptide inhibitor of VLA-4

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 3 I, 1997, Pages 696-703

  Abraham, William M ^a   Ahmed, Ashfaq ^b   Sielczak, Marek W ^b   Narita, Masahiro ^b   Arrhenius, Thomas ^b   Elices, Mariano J ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA1 INTEGRIN; FIBRONECTIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ALLERGY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SHEEP;

EID: 0030870836     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.156.3.9609039     Document Type: Article

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