Diagnostic tools assessing airway remodelling in asthma

Allergologia et Immunopathologia

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 108-116

  Manso, L ^a   Reche, M ^a   Padial, M A ^a   Valbuena, T ^a   Pascual, C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INFANTA SOFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Airway remodelling; Asthma; Diagnosis; Imaging techniques; Invasive methods; Lung function measurements; Non invasive methods

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 5; CYTOKINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBRONECTIN; GELATINASE B; HISTAMINE; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; NITRIC OXIDE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; TENASCIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRYPTASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN;

AIRWAY REMODELING; ANGIOGENESIS; ASTHMA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BREATH ANALYSIS; BRONCHUS; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CELL INFILTRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHIL; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROSIS; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LUNG EXAMINATION; LUNG FLUID; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG STRUCTURE; MAST CELL; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MYOFIBROBLAST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TH2 CELL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS;

AIRWAY REMODELING; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BRONCHI; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PULMONARY FIBROSIS;

EID: 84857644980     PISSN: 03010546     EISSN: 15781267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aller.2011.11.002     Document Type: Review

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