Effects of interleukin-18 on asthmatic airway inflammation and nuclear factor kappa-B in murine models

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 323-327

  Zhang, Huilan ^a   Zhang, Zhenxiang ^a   Xu, Yongjian ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Asthma; Eosinophil; Interferon gamma; Interleukin 18; Plasmacyte

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 18;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT STRAIN; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-18; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NF-KAPPA B;

EID: 0037360168     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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