Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Cytology and Cytokine Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Expression of Racehorses with Exercise Intolerance and Lower Airway Inflammation

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 322-329

  Lavoie, J P ^a   Cesarini, C ^a   Lavoie Lamoureux, A ^a   Moran, K ^a   Lutz, S ^a   Picandet, V ^a   Jean, D ^a   Marcoux, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inflammatory airway disease; Interferon ; Interleukin 4; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; METABOLISM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BRONCHI; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA; CONGIOPODIDAE; EQUIDAE;

EID: 79952339119     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: 19391676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2010.0664.x     Document Type: Article

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