Oral N-acetylcysteine attenuates the rat pulmonary inflammatory response to antigen

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 394-400

  Blesa, S ^a   Cortijo, J ^a   Mata, M ^a   Serrano, A ^b   Closa, D ^b   Santangelo, F ^c   Estrela, J M ^a   Suchankova, J ^a   Morcillo, Esteban ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c Zambon Group SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Experimental asthma; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; N Acetylcysteine; Nuclear transcription factor B

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; DEXAMETHASONE; EVANS BLUE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; LIPID; MUCIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXIDIZING AGENT; SEROTONIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AEROSOL; AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTENUATION; BINDING AFFINITY; BODY WEIGHT; BRONCHOSPASM; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; EOSINOPHIL; EXPOSURE; EXTRAVASATION; GENE EXPRESSION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROVOCATION TEST; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 0037342495     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00039602     Document Type: Article

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