Zinc suppressed the airway inflammation in asthmatic rats: Effects of zinc on generation of eotaxin, MCP-1, IL-8, IL-4, and IFN-γ

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 150, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 314-321

  Lu, Hongyan ^a   Xin, Yue ^a   Tang, Yan ^a   Shao, Genbao ^b  

^a AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Eotaxin; IFN ; IL 4; IL 8; MCP 1; Zinc

Indexed keywords

EOTAXIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 8; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; ZINC;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EOSINOPHIL; GAMMA INTERFERON GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTERLEUKIN 4 GENE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ASTHMA; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CELL COUNT; CYTOKINES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EOSINOPHILS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LUNG; MALE; MONOCYTES; NEUTROPHIL INFILTRATION; NEUTROPHILS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; ZINC;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84870709185     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-012-9493-7     Document Type: Article

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