Increased vascular density is a persistent feature of airway remodeling in a sheep model of chronic asthma

Experimental Lung Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 307-315

  Velden, Joanne Van Der ^a   Barker, Donna ^a   Barcham, Garry ^a   Koumoundouros, Emmanuel ^a,b   Snibson, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b The University of Melbourne   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Sheep; Type IV collagen; Vascular remodeling

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN ANTIBODY; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

AIRWAY REMODELING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; VASCULARIZATION;

AIRWAY REMODELING; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BLOOD VESSELS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LUNG; PYROGLYPHIDAE; SHEEP;

EID: 84862906151     PISSN: 01902148     EISSN: 15210499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01902148.2012.697975     Document Type: Article

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