The importance of the airway microvasculature in asthma

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-55

  Wilson, John W ^a   Hii, Su ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Angiogenesis; Stem cell; Vessels

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; VASCULOTROPIN;

AIRWAY; ANGIOGENESIS; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BONE MARROW CELL; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL MIGRATION; DISEASE MARKER; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAST CELL; MEDIATOR; MICROENVIRONMENT; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; REVIEW; STEM CELL; STEM CELL MOBILIZATION; TH2 CELL; THICKNESS; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULARIZATION; ANIMAL; HUMAN; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; HUMANS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; STEM CELLS;

EID: 33746663562     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.all.0000200505.54425.47     Document Type: Review

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