Progesterone increases airway eosinophilia and hyper-responsiveness in a murine model of allergic asthma

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1457-1463

  Hellings, P W ^a   Vandekerckhove, P ^a   Claeys, R ^a   Billen, J ^a   Kasran, A ^a   Ceuppens, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Airway responsiveness; Allergic asthma; Eosinophils; Mouse model; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; OVALBUMIN; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AIRWAY EOSINOPHILIA; AIRWAY HYPERRESPONSIVENESS; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; EOSINOPHILIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BONE MARROW; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CYTOKINES; EOSINOPHILIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE 17-ACETATE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OVALBUMIN;

EID: 0142105932     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2003.01743.x     Document Type: Article

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