Article
Various immunological phenotypes are associated with increased airway responsiveness.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology - 1 May 1998
Herz U, Braun A, Rückert R, Renz H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Bronchial asthma is characterized by a TH2 type immune response, chronic inflammation of the airways and increased airway responsiveness. The relationship between IgE- and inflammatory-dependent mechanisms that contribute to bronchial asthma are not well defined. OBJECTIVE: The purpos...
Topics
- Airway Resistance
- Allergens
- Animals
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Bronchial Hyperreactivity
- Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
- Cytokines
- Hypersensitivity, Immediate
- Immunoglobulin E
- Immunoglobulin G
- Inflammation
- Lung
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Muscle, Smooth
- Ovalbumin
- Phenotype