Bakery flour dust exposure causes non-allergic inflammation and enhances allergic airway inflammation in mice

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1526-1535

  Marraccini, P ^b   Brass, D M ^a   Hollingsworth, J W ^a   Maruoka, S ^a   Garantziotis, S ^c   Schwartz, D A ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Institute of Dermatological Sciences   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergic asthma; Baker's asthma; Endotoxin; Flour dust; LPS; Occupational airways disease; Toll like receptor 4

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 5; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; OVALBUMIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FLOUR; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OROPHARYNX; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SENSITIZATION;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DUST; FLOUR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUTROPHILS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OVALBUMIN; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

EID: 50249127763     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2008.03038.x     Document Type: Article

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