Glycyrrhizin alleviates experimental allergic asthma in mice

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1468-1477

  Ram, Arjun ^a   Mabalirajan, U ^a   Das, Moumita ^a   Bhattacharya, Indranil ^a   Dinda, Amit K ^b   Gangal, Sharad V ^a   Ghosh, Balaram ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Airway hyperresponsiveness; Cortisol; Cytokines; Eosinophilia; Glycyrrhizin; IgG2a; Immunoglobulin (Ig) E; Lung inflammation; Specific airway conductance (SGaw)

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALLERGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; METHACHOLINE; OVALBUMIN;

AIRWAY CONDUCTANCE; AIRWAY CONSTRICTION; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ASTHMA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OVALBUMIN;

EID: 33745834798     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2006.04.020     Document Type: Article

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