The role of neurotrophins in allergic bronchial asthma

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 178-186

  Braun, A ^a   Lommatzsch, M ^a   Renz, H ^a,b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LUNG; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

EID: 0033951631     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2000.00741.x     Document Type: Review

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