Both inflammation and remodeling influence nitric oxide output in children with refractory asthma

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 252-256

  Mahut, Bruno ^a   Delclaux, Christophe ^a   Tillie Leblond, Isabelle ^a,b   Gosset, Philippe ^b   Delacourt, Christophe ^c   Zerah Lancner, Françoise ^a   Harf, Alain ^a   De Blic, Jacques ^d  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL DE CRÉTEIL   (France)

^d HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Bronchial biopsy; Eosinophil; Exhaled nitric oxide; Reticular basement membrane

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; GELATINASE B; INTERLEUKIN 4; NITRIC OXIDE; STEROID; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIOPSY; BRONCHUS; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TISSUE REPAIR;

EID: 1142309470     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2003.10.038     Document Type: Article

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