Augmentation of arginase 1 expression by exposure to air pollution exacerbates the airways hyperresponsiveness in murine models of asthma

Respiratory Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  North, Michelle L ^a,b,c,d   Amatullah, Hajera ^b,c,d   Khanna, Nivedita ^b,c,d   Urch, Bruce ^a,c   Grasemann, Hartmut ^a,b   Silverman, Frances ^a,b,c,d   Scott, Jeremy A ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGINASE 1; OVALBUMIN; OZONE; (2 BORONOETHYL) CYSTEINE; (2-BORONOETHYL)-CYSTEINE; ARG1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; ARGINASE; AUTACOID; BORONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ENZYME INHIBITOR;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANNULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MOUSE; NEBULIZATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; EXPOSURE; IMMUNOLOGY; INHALATION TEST; LUNG; METABOLISM; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ARGINASE; ASTHMA; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BORONIC ACIDS; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; BRONCHOCONSTRICTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OVALBUMIN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 79551508621     PISSN: 14659921     EISSN: 1465993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-12-19     Document Type: Article

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