Proinflammatory doses of diesel exhaust in healthy subjects fail to elicit equivalent or augmented airway inflammation in subjects with asthma

Thorax

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-19

  Behndig, Annelie F ^a,b   Larsson, Nirina ^a,b   Brown, Joanna L ^c,d   Stenfors, Nikolai ^a   Helleday, Ragnberth ^a,b   Duggan, Sean T ^e   Dove, Rosamund E ^a,e   Wilson, Susan J ^c   Sandstrom, Thomas ^a,b   Kelly, Frank J ^e   Mudway, Ian S ^e   Blomberg, Anders ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; METHACHOLINE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET;

EID: 78650193718     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2010.140053     Document Type: Article

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