Oral lovastatin attenuates airway inflammation and mucus secretion in ovalbumin-induced murine model of asthma

Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Research

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 548-557

  Liou, Chian Jiun ^a   Cheng, Pei Yun ^b   Huang, Wen Chung ^a   Chan, Cheng Chi ^b   Chen, Meng Chun ^b   Kuo, Ming Ling ^b   Shen, Jiann Jong ^b,c  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asthma; Cytokine; Eosinophil; Eotaxin; Lovastatin; MUC5 AC

Indexed keywords

EOTAXIN; EOTAXIN 2; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; MEVINOLIN; MUCIN 5AC;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELL ADHESION; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL INFILTRATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; MUCUS SECRETION; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION;

EID: 84909646080     PISSN: 20927355     EISSN: 20927363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4168/aair.2014.6.6.548     Document Type: Article

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