Allergic inflammation and airway smooth muscle function

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 270, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 57-61

  Crimi, Emanuele ^a   Milanese, Manlio ^a   Pingfang, Song ^a   Brusasco, Vito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airway responsiveness; Asthma; Atopy; IgE

Indexed keywords

PATHOLOGY; PULMONARY DISEASES; RESPIRATORY THERAPY;

AIRWAY SMOOTH MUSCLE (ASM) CONTRACTION;

ALLERGIES;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ADRENALIN; ALLERGEN; AUTORECEPTOR; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CETIRIZINE; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; FORSKOLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INDOMETACIN; LEUKOTRIENE; MAJOR BASIC PROTEIN; MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NEDOCROMIL; PILOCARPINE; PROTEIN KINASE C; SALBUTAMOL;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC REACTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BREATHING MUSCLE; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MUSCLE TONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SENSITIZATION;

ASTHMA; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFLAMMATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0035836572     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00785-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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