Release of granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor by human cultured airway smooth muscle cells: Suppression by dexamethasone

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 545-546

  Saunders, Michael A ^a   Mitchell, Jane A ^a,b   Seldon, Paul M ^a   Yacoub, Magdi H ^a   Barnes, Peter J ^a   Giembycz, Mark A ^a   Belvisi, Maria G ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway smooth muscle; Cytokines; Glucocorticosteroid

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCOCORTICOID; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BRONCHI; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0031039525     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0700998     Document Type: Article

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