A novel mouse model of experimental asthma

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 346-354

  Sarpong, Sampson B ^a,b   Zhang, Liu Yi ^b   Kleeberger, Steven R ^b,c  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b The Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust mite; Inner city asthma; Novel mouse model; Recombinant cockroach

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT; ALLERGEN; M PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AIRWAY; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EOSINOPHIL; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXPOSURE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFLAMMATION; INHALATION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MITE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CELL COUNT; COCKROACHES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED A; MITES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0347319574     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000074902     Document Type: Article

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