Antigen-induced airway inflammation in the Brown Norway rat results in airway smooth muscle hyperplasia

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1833-1840

  Xu, K F ^b   Vlahos, R ^a   Messina, A ^b   Bamford, T L ^a   Bertram, J F ^c   Stewart, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airway mechanics; Airway wall remodeling; Asthma; Growth; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANTIGEN; OVALBUMIN;

AEROSOL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATHING MUSCLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; HYPERPLASIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN;

EID: 0036872709     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00738.2001     Document Type: Article

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