γ-Tocopherol prevents airway eosinophilia and mucous cell hyperplasia in experimentally induced allergic rhinitis and asthma

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 501-511

  Wagner, J G ^a   Jiang, Q ^b   Harkema, J R ^a   Ames, B N ^c   Illek, B ^c   Roubey, R A ^d   Peden, D B ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary medicine; Eosinophil; IFN ; Leukotrienes; Mucous cell metaplasia; Tocopherol

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; LEUKOTRIENE B4; PEPTIDOLEUKOTRIENE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

AIRWAY; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL INFILTRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LACRIMAL DUCT; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MUCOUS CELL; NONHUMAN; NOSE; PARANASAL SINUS; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROVOCATION TEST; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASTHMA; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CYTOKINES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EOSINOPHILIA; GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPERPLASIA; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LUNG; MALE; NASAL MUCOSA; OVALBUMIN; PARANASAL SINUSES; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RHINITIS;

EID: 38849159869     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2007.02855.x     Document Type: Article

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