Search for dissertations about: "airway hyperresponsiveness"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 35 swedish dissertations containing the words airway hyperresponsiveness.
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6. New Mediators and Novel Mechanisms in Allergic Airway Inflammation
Abstract : Hyperresponsiveness and inflammation are major pathophysiological features of both allergic rhinitis and asthma. The mechanisms behind these are not fully understood. READ MORE
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7. Peripheral airway function in asthma and cystic fibrosis. Measurements using inert gas washout methods
Abstract : It is increasingly recognised that asthma and cystic fibrosis (CF) frequently involves the peripheral airways. Characteristic features of abnormal peripheral airway function are uneven ventilation distribution and increased gas trapping. READ MORE
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8. Airway hyperresponsiveness and viral recognizing toll-like receptors
Abstract : Common colds caused by viruses are, in healthy individuals, usually self-limited and with relatively mild symptoms. In asthmatic individuals, respiratory viruses can burst the defense immune system and trigger asthma exacerbations, including causing airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR). READ MORE
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9. Nasal and bronchial airway reactivity in allergic and non allergic airway inflammation
Abstract : In allergic or asthmatic airways disease, upper and lower airways show a uniform eosinophilic inflammation of the mucosa, and bronchial hyperreactivity is a common finding. To study the co- variation of mucosal reactivity in upper and lower airways, histamine challenges of both sites were performed in a group of patients with allergic rhinitis during non-season. READ MORE
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10. Prostaglandin modulation of airway hyperresponsiveness and inflammation in murine models of asthma
Abstract : Allergic asthma is an inflammatory disease of the airways and is characterised by chronic inflammation, reversible bronchoconstriction and airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR). The cyclooxygenases (COXs) are key enzymes in the biosynthesis of prostaglandins, which have diverse physiological and pathological functions, and are also important modulators of inflammatory responses in the lung. READ MORE