Mechanisms of asthma

Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 177-180

  Corrigan, Chris ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

asthma; atopy; cytokine; eosinophil; pathogenesis; remodelling; T cell

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOKINE; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INFILTRATION; CHEST TIGHTNESS; COUGHING; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EOSINOPHIL; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MESENCHYME; MYOFIBROBLAST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH2 CELL; WHEEZING;

EID: 41549138360     PISSN: 13573039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mpmed.2008.01.008     Document Type: Review

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