Insights into the pathogenesis of asthma utilizing murine models

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 173-186

  Taube, Christian ^a   Dakhama, Azzeddine ^a   Gelfand, Erwin W ^a  

^a NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway hyperresponsiveness; Asthma; Mouse model

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 14;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANIMAL MODEL; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MAST CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH2 CELL;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILD; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; LUNG; MAST CELLS; MICE; RECEPTORS, IGE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 5644221318     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080899     Document Type: Review

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