Chronic intranasal administration of Aspergillus fumigatus spores leads to aggravation of airway inflammation and remodelling in asthmatic rats

Respirology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 360-370

  Gao, Fu Sheng ^a   Qiao, Jian Ou ^a   Zhang, Yi ^a   Jin, Xian Qiao ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Airway remodelling; Aspergillus fumigatus; Asthma; Bronchial hyperresponsiveness; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 5; OVALBUMIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EOSINOPHIL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS SPORE; GOBLET CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MUCUS SECRETION; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SENSITIZATION; TH2 CELL;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASTHMA; CELL MOVEMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLLAGEN; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EOSINOPHILS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; OVALBUMIN; PNEUMONIA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; SPORES, FUNGAL; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 63849109933     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2009.01482.x     Document Type: Article

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