Systemic and local dexamethasone treatments prevent allergic eosinophilia in rats via distinct mechanisms

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 368, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-74

  Pasquale, Claudia P ^a   Lima, Marcia C R ^a   Bandeira Melo, Christianne ^a   Cordeiro, Renato S B ^a   E Silva, Patrícia M R ^a   Martins, Marco A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allergic pleurisy; Blood eosinophilia; Dexamethasone; Eosinophil

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; COMPOUND 48-80; DEXAMETHASONE; POLYMYXIN B;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BONE MARROW; CELL COUNT; DOSE RESPONSE; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAPLEURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; NONHUMAN; PLEURA CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CELL DEGRANULATION; DEXAMETHASONE; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MAST CELLS; NEUTROPHILS; OVALBUMIN; PLEURISY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0032970595     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(99)00010-2     Document Type: Article

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