Increased neurotrophin production in a Penicillium chrysogenum-induced allergic asthma model in mice

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1020-1026

  Chung, Yong Joo ^a,b   Farraj, Aimen ^a   Coates, Najwa Haykal ^a   Gavett, Stephen H ^a   Ward, Marsha D W ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG LAVAGE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

MUS; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

EID: 34248531400     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390601172023     Document Type: Article

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