Isolated airways from current smokers are hyper-responsive to histamine

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1041-1047

  Schmidt, D T ^a   Jorres R A ^b   Ruhlmann E ^a   Rabe, K F ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b KRANKENHAUS GROSSHANSDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airway smooth muscle; Asthma; Bronchial hyper responsiveness; COPD; Human; IgE; In vitro; In vivo; Passive sensitization; Smoking

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ISOPRENALINE;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INCUBATION TIME; ISOLATED LUNG; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SMOKING; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION;

AGED; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ALLERGENS; BRONCHI; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; FEMALE; HISTAMINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PERFUSION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SMOKING;

EID: 0034832737     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2001.01114.x     Document Type: Article

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