Lung inflammation and vascular remodeling after repeated allergen challenge detected noninvasively by MRI

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 292, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Tigani, Bruno ^a   Cannet, Catherine ^a   Karmouty Quintana, Harry ^a,b   Blé, François Xavier ^a,c   Zurbruegg, Stefan ^a   Schaeublin, Elisabeth ^a   Fozard, John R ^a   Beckmann, Nicolau ^a  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Asthma; Chronic inflammation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Vessel remodeling

Indexed keywords

OVALBUMIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGIC SKIN REACTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIZATION;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BRONCHI; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; OVALBUMIN; PULMONARY EDEMA; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 33847757813     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: 15221504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00122.2006     Document Type: Article

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