Animal models of asthma
Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: Allergic disease such as asthma, rhinitis, and eczema are increasing prevelance and affect up to 15% of population in Westernized countries. Among them, asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of airways and the underlying physiological and immunological processes are not fully understood. Mouse models of asthma dupicates many features of human asthma, including airway hyperreactivity, andairway inflammation. Therefore, relevant models for asthma are important to understand the mechanism of disease and therapeutical approach. In this article, basicly various animal models of asthma and some theraputic approaches are disscussed.
Source: MARMARA PHARMACEUTCAL JOURNAL
DOI: 10.12991/201014444
Author: Tunç Akkoç
Language: English
Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4243658871