The pharmacological modulation of allergen-induced asthma

Inflammopharmacology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 113-124

  Ma, L L ^a   O'Byrne, Paul M ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airway hyperresponsiveness; Eosinophils; Inflammation; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CPG OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 14; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 5 ALPHA; LEBRIKIZUMAB; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY IM 638; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PITRAKINRA; PLACEBO; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TPI ASM8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INTERLEUKIN 4; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHOROTHIOATE;

AIRWAY REMODELING; ALLERGIC AIRWAY INFLAMMATION; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ASTHMA; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TARGETING; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; REVIEW; TH2 CELL; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-4; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PHOSPHOROTHIOATE OLIGONUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 84879500443     PISSN: 09254692     EISSN: 15685608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10787-012-0155-3     Document Type: Review

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