Mastic alleviates allergic inflammation in asthmatic model mice by inhibiting recruitment of eosinophils

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-100

  Qiao, Jianou ^a   Li, Ang ^b   Jin, Xianqiao ^a   Wang, Jian ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Allergic asthma; Eosinophil; Mastic

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR 3; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR3; EOTAXIN; EOTAXIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 15; OVALBUMIN; PISTACIA LENTISCUS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; LUNG LAVAGE; MAST CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EOSINOPHILS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PISTACIA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; PULMONARY EOSINOPHILIA; RESINS, PLANT;

MUS; PISTACIA LENTISCUS;

EID: 80051572612     PISSN: 10441549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2010-0212OC     Document Type: Article

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