Airway inflammation and remodeling in two mouse models of asthma: Comparison of males and females

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 173-181

  Blacquiere M J ^a   Hylkema, M N ^a   Postma, D S ^a   Geerlings, M ^a   Timens, W ^a   Melgert, B N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Airway responsiveness; Allergic airway inflammation; Eosinophilic inflammation; House dust mite; IgE; IL 17; IL 4; Ovalbumin; Remodeling; Sex

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 3; CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; METHACHOLINE; OVALBUMIN; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; GOBLET CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TH2 CELL; AIRWAY REMODELING; ANIMAL; ASTHMA; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; EOSINOPHIL; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PYROGLYPHIDAE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AIRWAY REMODELING; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OVALBUMIN; PYROGLYPHIDAE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 77951039016     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000312635     Document Type: Article

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