The concentration of kynurenine in rat model of asthma

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 199-203

  Kucharewicz, Iwona ^a   Kasacka, Irena ^a   Pawlak, Dariusz ^a   Tankiewicz Kwedlo, Anna ^a   Mroczko, Barbara ^a   Buczko, Wlodzimierz ^a   Bodzenta Lukaszyk, Anna ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Asthma; Kynurenine pathway; Rat

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; KYNURENINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; GOBLET CELL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOREGULATION; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MAST CELL; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DISEASE MODEL; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GOBLET CELLS; KYNURENINE; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MAST CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 48449099907     PISSN: 02398508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10042-008-0030-7     Document Type: Article

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