Bronchial hyperreactivity is correlated with increased baseline airway tone

European Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 77-84

  Bergner, Albrecht ^a   Kellner, J ^a   da Silva, A Kemp ^a   Fischer, R ^a   Gamarra, F ^a   Huber, R M ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asthma; Baseline airway tone; Bronchial reactivity; Lung slices

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ATROPINE; BETA ESCIN; CALCIUM; FORMOTEROL; INDOMETACIN; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4 ANTIBODY; ISOPRENALINE; METHACHOLINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET;

ADULT; AIRWAY; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHUS TONE; CELL PERMEABILIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INHALATION TEST; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LUNG SLICE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POWDER INHALER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SERUM; SMOKING HABIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; TH2 CELL; WILD TYPE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ATROPINE; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; HUMANS; INDOMETHACIN; INTERLEUKIN-13; ISOPROTERENOL; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 33644748562     PISSN: 09492321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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