Expression of interleukin 9 in the lungs of transgenic mice causes airway inflammation, mast cell hyperplasia, and bronchial hyperresponsiveness

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1307-1320

  Temann, Ulla Angela ^a   Geba, Gregory P ^a   Rankin, John A ^b   Flavell, Richard A ^a,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b West Haven Campus   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Eosinophilia; Interleukin 9; Mast cells; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 9;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CLARA CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAST CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BRONCHI; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTAMINE; HYPERPLASIA; INTERLEUKIN-9; IRRIGATION; LUNG; MAST CELLS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RATS;

EID: 0032487434     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.188.7.1307     Document Type: Article

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