Airway inflammation and hypersensitivity induced by chronic smoking

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 395-405

  Kou, Yu Ru ^a   Kwong, Kevin ^b   Lee, Lu Yuan ^c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Airway sensory nerves; Airway ypersensitivity; Cigarette smoking; COPD; Cough

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CIGARETTE SMOKE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEUKOTRIENE B4; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; NEUROKININ 2 RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE K; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTANOID; PROTEIN C FOS; PROTEIN C JUN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; TACHYKININ; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AIRWAY INFLAMMATION; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHRONIC SMOKING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CYTOKINE RELEASE; GUINEA PIG; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOKING;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80052472579     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: 18781519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2011.03.004     Document Type: Review

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