Patients with asthma demonstrate airway inflammation after exposure to concentrated ambient particulate matter

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 235-237

  Alexis, Neil E ^a   Huang, Yuh Chin T ^b   Rappold, Ana G ^c   Kehrl, Howard ^c   Devlin, Robert ^c   Peden, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGIC AIRWAY INFLAMMATION; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; AMBIENT AIR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INHALATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LETTER; NEUTROPHIL; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ASTHMA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; INFLAMMATION; LUNG LAVAGE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906927108     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201401-0126LE     Document Type: Letter

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