Calcitonin gene-related peptide as inflammatory mediator

Pulmonary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 121-130

  Springer, Jochen ^a   Geppetti, Pierangelo ^b,c   Fischer, Axel ^a   Groneberg, David A ^a,d,e  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airway; Calcitonin gene related peptide; Lung; Marker; Mediator

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; AUTACOID; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; FIBRONECTIN; INTEGRIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; TACHYKININ; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

AIRWAY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRONCHODILATATION; BRONCHOSPASM; CELL ADHESION; CELL MIGRATION; DRUG TARGETING; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0037660500     PISSN: 10945539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1094-5539(03)00049-X     Document Type: Article

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