Exhaled nitric oxide estimation by a simple and efficient noninvasive technique and its utility as a marker of airway inflammation in mice

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 295-301

  Ahmad, Tanveer ^a   Mabalirajan, Ulaganathan ^a   Joseph, Duraisamy Arul ^a   Makhija, Lokesh ^a   Singh, Vijay Pal ^a   Ghosh, Balaram ^a   Agrawal, Anurag ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Asthma; Inflammometry

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; DEXAMETHASONE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ALLERGIC AIRWAY INFLAMMATION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHALATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREATH TESTS; BRONCHI; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEXAMETHASONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NITRIC OXIDE; OVALBUMIN;

EID: 67650072502     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00235.2009     Document Type: Article

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