Rosuvastatin attenuates mucus secretion in a murine model of chronic asthma by inhibiting the gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1457-1464

  Zhu, Tao ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Wang, Dao Xin ^a   Huang, Ni Wen ^b   Bo, Hong ^b   Deng, Wang ^a   Deng, Jia ^a  

^a THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Airway remodeling; Asthma; Gamma aminobutyric acid type A receptor 2; Mucus; Rosuvastatin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BETA2; BUDESONIDE; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; ROSUVASTATIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AIRWAY REMODELING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; MUCUS SECRETION; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FLUOROBENZENES; GABA-A RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUCUS; PYRIMIDINES; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SULFONAMIDES;

EID: 84860445793     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2012.08.018     Document Type: Article

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