Intramuscular delivery of mIL-12 gene reduces the expression of CD44/CD49d on pulmonary leucocytes and inhibits ovalbumin-induced airway hyperreactivity

Inflammation Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-17

  Li, H ^a   Xie, Q ^b   Wang, H ^c   Shao, C ^a   Chen, W ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c Yinzhou People's Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Asthma; CD44; Gene transfer; Interleukin 12; Very late antigen 4

Indexed keywords

ALPHA4 INTEGRIN; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; METHACHOLINE; OVALBUMIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; GOBLET CELL; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LEUKOCYTE; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD44; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; GENE THERAPY; INTEGRIN ALPHA4; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-5; LEUKOCYTES; LUNG; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OVALBUMIN;

EID: 38349160238     PISSN: 10233830     EISSN: 1420908X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00011-007-7042-1     Document Type: Article

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