Anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic effects of kefir in a mouse asthma model

Immunobiology

Volumn 212, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 647-654

  Lee, Mee Young ^a   Ahn, Kyung Seop ^a   Kwon, Ok Kyung ^a   Kim, Mee Jin ^a   Kim, Mi Kyoung ^b   Lee, In Young ^b   Oh, Sei Ryang ^a   Lee, Hyeong Kyu ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^b DMJ Biotech Corp   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Airway hyper responsiveness; Asthma; Inflammation; Kefir; Mucus hyper secretion; Ovalbumin induced mouse model

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; KEFIR; METHACHOLINE; OVALBUMIN; PROBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZILEUTON;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; GOBLET CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INHALATION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; MOUSE; MUCUS SECRETION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SENSITIZATION; TH2 CELL;

EID: 34548597195     PISSN: 01712985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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