Therapeutic target validation of protein kinase C (PKC)-ζ for asthma using a mouse model

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 561-566

  Do, Jeong Su ^a,c   Park, Kang Seo ^b   Seo, Hyo Jung ^a   Kim, Jun Hee ^a   Hwang, Jin Ki ^a   Song, Eun Jung ^a   Nam, Sang Yun ^a  

^a Jeonju University   (South Korea)

^b Presbyterian Medical Center   (South Korea)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models; Asthma; IgE; Immunologic tests; T cells

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; METHACHOLINE; PROTEIN KINASE C INHIBITOR; PROTEIN KINASE C ZETA;

AIRWAY CONDUCTANCE; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPH NODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN-13; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-5; LUNG; LYMPH NODES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OVALBUMIN; PROTEIN KINASE C; PYRAZOLES; PYRIMIDINES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 67649415969     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm_00000165     Document Type: Article

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