Inhalation of Stachybotrys chartarum Evokes Pulmonary Arterial Remodeling in Mice, Attenuated by Rho-Kinase Inhibitor

Mycopathologia

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-15

  Nagayoshi, Masaru ^a   Tada, Yuji ^a   West, James ^c   Ochiai, Eri ^a   Watanabe, Akira ^a   Toyotome, Takahito ^a   Tanabe, Nobuhiro ^a   Takiguchi, Yuichi ^a   Shigeta, Ayako ^a   Yasuda, Tadashi ^a   Shibuya, Kazutoshi ^b   Kamei, Katsuhiko ^a   Tatsumi, Koichiro ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intra tracheal instillation; Pulmonary arterial remodeling; Rho kinase (ROCK) inhibitor; Stachybotrys chartarum; Th2 response

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; MUS; STACHYBOTRYS; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM;

EID: 85027945998     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-011-9400-3     Document Type: Article

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