The overproduction of nitric oxide associated with neutrophilic predominance is relevant to airway mycotic infections in asthmatics undergoing prolonged glucocorticoid treatment

Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 677-687

  Cembrzyńska Nowak, Monika ^a   Liebhart, Jerzy ^b   Bieńkowska Haba, Małgorzata ^a   Liebhart, Ewa ^b   Kulczak, Aleksandra ^b   Siemieniec, Iwona ^a   Dobek, Rafał ^b   Dor, Anna ^b   Barg, Wojciech ^b   Panaszek, Bernard ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY   (Poland)

^b WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Airway Neutrophils; Asthma; Fungal Airway Infections; Glucocorticoid; Nitric Oxide

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RISK; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PULMONARY CANDIDIASIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 31544454148     PISSN: 14258153     EISSN: 16891392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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