Effects of allergen on airway narrowing dynamics as assessed by lung-slice technique

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 532-538

  Chew, A D ^a   Hirota, J A ^a   Ellis, R ^a   Wattie, J ^a   Inman, M D ^a   Janssen, L J ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airway smooth muscle; Asthma; Contraction; Lung slices; Remodelling

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; METHACHOLINE; OVALBUMIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; BRONCHOCONSTRICTING AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOBLET CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERPLASIA; IN VIVO STUDY; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; IMAGE PROCESSING; INHALATION TEST; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; BRONCHOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; OVALBUMIN;

EID: 42949170521     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00079307     Document Type: Article

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