Airway smooth muscle as an immunomodulatory cell: A new target for pharmacotherapy?

Current Opinion in Pharmacology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 259-264

  Lazaar, Aili L ^a   Panettieri Jr , Reynold A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway remodeling; CAMP; Cell adhesion molecules; Chemokine; Cytokine; ICAM; Immunology; Inflamation; Molecular Medicine; Pharmacology

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT;

ANIMAL; ASTHMA; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASTHMA; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

EID: 0035376725     PISSN: 14714892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4892(01)00046-7     Document Type: Review

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