Enhanced expression of urocortin in lung tissues of rats with allergic asthma

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 341, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 532-540

  Wu, Yuqing ^a   Zhou, Hong ^a   Xu, Yinyan ^a   Li, Shengnan ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Asthma; Lung; Rat; Urocortin

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; MESSENGER RNA; OVALBUMIN; UROCORTIN;

AIRWAY; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIZATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRONCHI; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEXAMETHASONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPITHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; LUNG; MALE; MAST CELLS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OVALBUMIN; PEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 31444433981     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.12.214     Document Type: Article

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