Are mouse models of asthma appropriate for investigating the pathogenesis of airway hyper-responsiveness?

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 3 JUL, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kumar, Rakesh K ^a   Foster, Paul S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airway hyper responsiveness; Airway inflammation; Airway remodeling; Animal models; Asthma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866465887     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00312     Document Type: Review

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