IL-13 is a novel therapeutic target in allergic asthma

Expert Review of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 671-675

  Smith, Steven G ^a   Gauvreau, Gail M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CHEMOKINE; DEXAMETHASONE; EOTAXIN; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 13 ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; LEUKOTRIENE; RANTES; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; BASOPHIL; BREATHING MUSCLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TARGETING; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; HISTAMINE RELEASE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LUNG LAVAGE; MAST CELL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROVOCATION TEST; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34648837308     PISSN: 1744666X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/1744666X.3.5.671     Document Type: Article

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