How Do Corticosteroids Work in Asthma?

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 139, Issue 5 I, 2003, Pages 359-370

  Barnes, Peter J ^a   Adcock, Ian M ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DISSOCIATED CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; I KAPPA B; I KAPPA B INHIBITOR; MIFEPRISTONE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; RU 24858; RU 40066; THEOPHYLLINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ASTHMA; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLUCOCORTICOID RESISTANCE; HORMONE RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; REVIEW; DRUG INTERACTION; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; INFLAMMATION; PATHOLOGY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ASTHMA; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION;

EID: 0141497509     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-139-5_part_1-200309020-00012     Document Type: Review

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