Effects of a selective ETA-receptor antagonist, atrasentan (ABT-627), in murine models of allergic asthma: Demonstration of mouse strain specificity

Clinical Science

Volumn 103, Issue SUPPL. 48, 2002, Pages

  Gosselin, Mélanie ^a   Goulet, Stéphanie ^a   Wu Wong, Jinshyun R ^a   Wessale, Jerry L ^a   Opgenorth, Terry J ^a   Boulet, Louis Philippe ^a   Battistini, Bruno ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrasentan; Balb c mouse; C57B1 6 mouse; Endothelin A receptor antagonist

Indexed keywords

ATRASENTAN; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR AGONIST;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CELL COUNT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG LAVAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036670337     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/cs103s367s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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