Aspergillus fumigatus antigen exposure results in pulmonary airway resistance in wild-type but not in IL-4 knockout mice

Clinical Immunology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 404-410

  Kurup, Viswanath P ^a   Xia, Jin Qi ^a   Rickaby, David A ^a,b   Dawson, Chistopher A ^a,b   Choi, Hongyung ^a   Fink, Jordan N ^a  

^a CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Physiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Airway response; Allergic aspergillosis; Aspergillus fumigatus; IgE; IL 4 knock out

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032953239     PISSN: 15216616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/clim.1998.4656     Document Type: Article

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