Simvastatin delivery via inhalation attenuates airway inflammation in a murine model of asthma

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 556-564

  Xu, Lan ^a,b   Dong, Xing Wei ^c   Shen, Liang Liang ^b   Li, Fen Fen ^c   Jiang, Jun Xia ^c   Cao, Rui ^c   Yao, Hong Yi ^c   Shen, Hui Juan ^c   Sun, Yun ^b   Xie, Qiang Min ^c  

^a First People's Hospital   (China)

^b YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Drug delivery; Inhalation; Pharmacokinetics; Simvastatin

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; OVALBUMIN; SIMVASTATIN;

AIRWAY REMODELING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CELL COUNT; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OVALBUMIN; RNA, MESSENGER; SIMVASTATIN;

EID: 84862805595     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: 18781705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2012.01.012     Document Type: Article

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