Dissociation between airway responsiveness to methacholine and responsiveness to antigen

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 76-83

  Kamachi, A ^a   Nasuhara, Y ^a   Nishimura, M ^a   Takahashi, T ^a   Homma, Y ^a   Ohtsuka, Y ^a   Munakata, M ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airway hyperresponsiveness; Macrophage; Repeated antigen challenge; Transforming growth factor

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; METHACHOLINE; OVALBUMIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

AEROSOL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SENSITIZATION;

AEROSOLS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; OVALBUMIN; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

EID: 0036156004     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.02.00208202     Document Type: Article

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