T-lymphocytes regulate genetically determined airway hyperresponsiveness in mice

Nature Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 460-462

  De Sanctis, George T ^a   Itoh, Akihiko ^b   Green, Francis H Y ^c   Qin, Shixin ^d   Kimura, Toshihisa ^b   Grobholz, James K ^a   Martin, Thomas R ^e   Maki, Takashi ^b   Drazen, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC DISORDER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRONCHOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMECTOMY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030897619     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0497-460     Document Type: Article

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