Treatment with chitin microparticles is protective against lung histopathology in a murine asthma model

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 960-968

  Ozdemir, C ^a,d   Yazi, D ^a   Aydogan, M ^a   Akkoc, T ^a   Bahceciler, N N ^a   Strong, P ^b,c   Barlan, I B ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CMP Therapeutics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d Seher Yildizi Sokak   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Airway histopathology; Asthma; BALB c; Chitin microparticles

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT; CHITIN; OVALBUMIN;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOBLET CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LUNG PROTECTION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SENSITIZATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; THICKNESS;

EID: 33745666697     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2006.02515.x     Document Type: Article

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