Chrysin attenuates allergic airway inflammation by modulating the transcription factors T-bet and GATA-3 in mice

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 100-104

  Du, Qiang ^a   Gu, Xiaoyan ^b   Cai, Jiankang ^a   Huang, Mao ^a   Su, Mei ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b 454th Hospital of Chinese PLA   (China)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Asthma; Chrysin; GATA 3; T bet

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; CHRYSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET;

ALLERGIC AIRWAY INFLAMMATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; IMMUNOREGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TH1 CELL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFLAMMATION; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OVALBUMIN; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 84861602909     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2012.893     Document Type: Article

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