A multi-hit endocrine model of intrinsic adult-onset asthma

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 114-125

  Atwood, Craig S ^a,b   Bowen, Richard L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OTB Research   (United States)

Author keywords

17 Estradiol; Adult onset asthma; Bronchial tone; Calcium; cAMP; Conjugated equine estrogens; Depression; G protein coupled receptors; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Gonadotropin releasing hormone receptor I; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Hypothalamic pituitary gonadal axis; Leptin; Leptin receptor; Luteinizing hormone; Menopause; Menstrual cycle; Muscle contraction; Obesity; Prostaglandins; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

4 BENZHYDRYLOXY 1 [3 (1H TETRAZOL 5 YL) PROPYL]PIPERADINE; 4 BENZHYDRYLOXY 1 [3 (1H TETRAZOL 5 YL)PROPYL]PIPERIDINE; CALCIUM; CITALOPRAM; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOSTEROID RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP; DIAZEPAM; DICLOFENAC; ESTRADIOL; GINSENG EXTRACT; GONADOTROPIN; HYDROXYFASUDIL; KETANSERIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; PLACEBO; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SARPOGRELATE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGONIST; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANDROPAUSE; ASTHMA; BINDING SITE; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS TONE; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GINSENG; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENOPAUSE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OBESITY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PREVALENCE; RECEPTOR BINDING; RISK FACTOR; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STRESS;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGING; ASTHMA; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 51749125654     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2007.12.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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