Airway hyperresponsiveness to histamine in mycoplasmal infection: Role of histamine N-methyltransferase

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 347, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 257-260

  Tamaoki, Jun ^a   Araake, Minako ^a   Chiyotani, Atsushi ^a   Isono, Kazuo ^a   Nagai, Atsushi ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airway hyperreactivity; Asthma; Histamine metabolism; Mycoplasmal infection

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (COPPER CONTAINING); AMINOGUANIDINE; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; HOMODIMAPRIT; INDOMETACIN; METHACHOLINE; PROSTAGLANDIN;

AIRWAY CONSTRICTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HISTAMINE METABOLISM; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TRACHEA;

AMINE OXIDASE (COPPER-CONTAINING); ANIMALS; BRONCHOCONSTRICTION; CRICETINAE; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; TRACHEA;

EID: 0032562393     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(98)00177-0     Document Type: Article

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