Role of interleukin-13 in eosinophil accumulation and airway remodelling in a mouse model of chronic asthma

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1104-1111

  Kumar, R K ^a   Herbert, C ^a   Yang, M ^b   Koskinen, A M L ^b   McKenzie, A N J ^c   Foster, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Biology and Environment   (Australia)

^c MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergy; Cytokines; Eosinophils; In vivo animal models; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR;

AIRWAY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HISTOLOGY; HYPERTROPHY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MUCOUS CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODEL; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRACHEA;

ANIMAL; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EOSINOPHILS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; INTERLEUKIN-13; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-4; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRACHEA; ANIMALS;

EID: 0035987319     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2002.01420.x     Document Type: Article

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