The preventive effect of bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccination in early life on airway inflammation and mucus production in a murine model of asthma

Zhonghua Jiehe he Huxi Zazhi

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-21

  Zhang, Gen Sheng ^a   Shen, Hua Hao ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asthma; BCG vaccine; Mucin gene; Mucus

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; MESSENGER RNA; MUCIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRONCHUS; C57BL MOUSE; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; LUNG; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MUCUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECRETION; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BCG VACCINE; BRONCHI; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUCINS; MUCUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; VACCINATION;

EID: 20944446636     PISSN: 10010939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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