Cytokines (interleukin-9, IL-17, IL-22, IL-25 and IL-33) and asthma

Asthma is a reversible airway obstruction that is characterized by constriction of airway smooth muscle, hyper secretion of mucus, edema and airway hyper responsiveness (AHR), mucus secretion and thickening of the basement membrane underlying the airway epithelium. During the process of airway infla...

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Main Authors: Rahim Farahani, Roya Sherkat, Mazdak Ganjalikhani Hakemi, Nahid Eskandari, Reza Yazdani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Advanced Biomedical Research
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Online Access:http://www.advbiores.net/article.asp?issn=2277-9175;year=2014;volume=3;issue=1;spage=127;epage=127;aulast=Farahani