Aspirin-intolerant asthma: A comprehensive review of biomarkers and pathophysiology

Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 75-86

  Velazquez, Juan R ^a   Teran, Luis M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES RESPIRATORIAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aspirin; Asthma; Biomarker

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ARACHIDONATE 15 LIPOXYGENASE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLYCOPROTEIN; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; ICOSANOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; LIPOXIN; LIPOXYGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 1; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR; SPECTRIN; SPECTRIN BETA NONERYTHROCYTIC 2; STAT6 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX2; TRYPTASE; TRYPTOPHAN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC ALPHA 2 GLYCOPROTEIN;

ASTHMA; CATABOLISM; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA METHYLATION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EOSINOPHIL; GENETIC MARKER; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG LAVAGE; MAST CELL; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA, ASPIRIN-INDUCED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EICOSANOIDS; EOSINOPHILS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; LIPOXYGENASE; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84880768356     PISSN: 10800549     EISSN: 15590267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12016-012-8340-0     Document Type: Review

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