Neurotrophins and neurotrophin receptors in allergic asthma

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 146, Issue , 2004, Pages 347-367

  Nassenstein, Christina ^a   Kerzel, Sebastian ^b   Braun, Armin ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR TOXICOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airway hyperresponsiveness; Allergy; BDNF; Neurogenic inflammation; NGF; Sensory neurons

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P75; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A; TYROSINE KINASE B; TYROSINE KINASE C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC REACTION; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INFLAMMATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION;

EID: 0346219197     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(03)46022-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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