Role of mammalian chitinases in asthma

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 369-377

  Shuhui, Lim ^a   Mok, Yu Keung ^a   Wong, W S Fred ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acidic mammalian chitinase; Chitin; Corticosteroid; Cysteinyl leukotriene receptor antagonist; YKL 40

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHITINASE; CHITINASE LIKE PROTEIN; CHITOTRIOSIDASE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYSTEINYL LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PROTEIN YKL 40; PROTEIN YM1; PROTEIN YM2; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME MECHANISM; HELMINTH; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MICROFILARIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TH2 CELL; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG LAVAGE; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CHITIN; CHITINASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MICE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 62349090823     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000205583     Document Type: Review

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