Attenuation of allergic airway inflammation and associated pulmonary functions by mycobacterial antigens is independent of IgE in a mouse model of asthma

Allergology International

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 21-32

  Hopfenspirger, Michael T ^a   Parr, Sharidan K ^a   Townley, Robert G ^a   Agrawal, Devendra K ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway hyperresponsiveness; Asthma; Bacillus Calmette Gu rin; Eosinophils; IgE; Mycobacterium vaccae

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; METHACHOLINE; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; OVALBUMIN; PEPTIDOLEUKOTRIENE;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM VACCAE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036201289     PISSN: 13238930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1592.2002.00244.x     Document Type: Article

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