Article
Identification of the prostanoid receptor mediating PGE2-induced cough
2009-01-01
Abstract excerpt
Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) may provide a novel therapy for the treatment of inflammatory airway diseases as it has been shown to confer both bronchodilator and anti-inflammatory activity in asthmatic subjects. However, PGE2 can cause irritancy of the upper airway resulting in a reflex cough. The aim of this thesis was to identify which of the 9 prostanoid receptors (EP1, EP2, EP3, EP4, DP, FP, IP, TP and CRTh2) media...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 13c4a9eb-11da-5e15-9107-a682bc6cb8b5
- DOI
- 10.25560/5490
