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Phosphodiesterase 4 Inhibitors Attenuate the Asthma Phenotype Produced by β2-Adrenoceptor Agonists in Phenylethanolamine N-Methyltransferase-Knockout Mice.
American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology - 1 Aug 2016
Forkuo Gloria S, Kim Hosu, Thanawala Vaidehi J, Al-Sawalha Nour, Valdez Daniel, Joshi Radhika, Parra Sergio, Pera Tonio, Gonnella Patricia A, Knoll Brian J, Walker Julia K L, Penn Raymond B, Bond Richard A
Abstract excerpt
Mice lacking the endogenous β2-adrenoceptor (β2AR) agonist epinephrine (phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase [PNMT]-knockout mice) are resistant to developing an "asthma-like" phenotype in an ovalbumin sensitization and challenge (Ova S/C) model, and chronic administration of β2AR agonists to PNMT-KO mice restores the phenotype. Based on these and other studies showing differential effects of various β2AR...
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