Effect of the Chinese Herb Extract Osthol on IL-4-induced Eotaxin Expression in BEAS-2B Cells

• Autori principali: Pu-Rong Chiu (Autore), Wei-Te Lee (Autore), Yu-Te Chu (Autore), Min-Sheng Lee (Autore), Yuh-Jyh Jong (Autore), Chih-Hsing Hung (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: Elsevier, 2008-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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Asthma is an allergic inflammatory disease of the airways. The interaction between bronchial epithelial cells and eosinophils is an important feature of an asthma attack. Eotaxin, an eosinophil-specific C-C chemokine, is a potent chemoattractant involved in the mobilization of eosinophils into the a...