Effect of age on allergen-induced structural airway changes in Brown Norway rats

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1280-1284

  Palmans, Els ^a   Vanacker, Nele J ^a   Pauwels, Romain A ^a   Kips, Johan C ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Age; Airway; Inflammation; Rat; Structure

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BUFFER; FIBRONECTIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; OVALBUMIN; PHOSPHATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AEROSOL; AGE; AIRWAY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL COUNT; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EOSINOPHIL; GOBLET CELL; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SENSITIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EOSINOPHILS; FIBRONECTINS; GOBLET CELLS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; RATS; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0036569769     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.2109011     Document Type: Article

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