Asthma
Investigators at University of Newcastle, Hunter Medical Research Institute release new data on asthma
Published in Respiratory Therapeutics Week, April 5th, 2010
Researchers detail in 'Interferon-gamma and pulmonary macrophages contribute to the mechanisms underlying prolonged airway hyperresponsiveness,' new data in asthma. According to a study from Australia, "Airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) in asthmatics includes a variable component that persists following an allergen challenge. This may be dissociated from inflammatory cell recruitment, implying a role for resident pulmonary cells in regulating the response."
"Using improved methods of assessing AHR in a mouse model of allergic airway disease, to investigate the basis of the development of prolonged AHR. BALB/c mice were systemically sensitized and then challenged with...
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