Chymase inhibitor ameliorates eosinophilia in mice infected with nippostrongylus brasiliensis

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 235-239

  Watanabe, Naohiro ^a,b   Miura, Kenju ^b   Fukuda, Yoshiaki ^b  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SUNTORY LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chymase; Eosinophilia; Mast cells; Nippostrongylus brasiliensis

Indexed keywords

CHYMASE INHIBITOR; ENZYME INHIBITOR; SUN C 8257; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; FECES ANALYSIS; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MOUSE; NEMATODE; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS BRASILIENSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CHYMASES; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MAST CELLS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036068066     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000064257     Document Type: Article

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