Pulmonary function changes and increased Th-2 cytokine expression and nuclear factor kB activation in the lung after sensitization and allergen challenge in brown Norway rats

Immunology Letters

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-64

  Lin, Ching Chi ^a   Lin, Ching Yuang ^b   Ma, Hsiao Yu ^b  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bronchial; Bronchial asthma; Brown Norway rats; Hyperreactivity; Ovalbumin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BETA ACTIN; CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OVALBUMIN;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0034600743     PISSN: 01652478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-2478(00)00200-5     Document Type: Article

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