Imiquimod, a toll-like receptor 7 ligand, inhibits airway remodelling in a murine model of chronic asthma

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-48

  Du, Qiang ^a   Zhou, Lin Fu ^a   Chen, Zhen ^a   Gu, Xiao Yan ^a   Huang, Mao ^a   Yin, Kai Sheng ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Airway remodelling; Asthma; Imiquimod; Toll like receptor

Indexed keywords

IMIQUIMOD; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; OVALBUMIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 7; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG LAVAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TH2 CELL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; AMINOQUINOLINES; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYDROXYPROLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFLAMMATION; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 58549116357     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: 14401681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2008.05027.x     Document Type: Article

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