Platelet-derived growth factor is involved in the augmentation of airway responsiveness through remodeling of airways in diesel exhaust particulate-treated mice

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 135-142

  Yamashita, Naomi ^a   Sekine, Kentaro ^a   Miyasaka, Takashi ^a   Kawashima, Ruji ^a   Nakajima, Yasuyuki ^a   Nakano, Junichi ^a   Yamamoto, Toshiko ^a   Horiuchi, Tadashi ^b   Hirai, Koichi ^c   Ohta, Ken ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kanto Chyuo Hospital   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Airway hyperresponsiveness; Airway remodeling; Asthma; Diesel exhaust particulate; Platelet derived growth factor

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR;

AIRWAY DYNAMICS; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; FIBROBLAST; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035141720     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2001.111433     Document Type: Article

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