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Bronchial hyperresponsiveness today

Respiratory Medicine, 1993
Patients with airflow limitation are currently classified into the clinical categories asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), based on symptoms, signs and abnormalities in function (1). One of the most prominent functional characteristics of patients with asthma (2) or COPD (3) is airway hyperresponsiveness (also called: bronchial ...
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Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness

Comprehensive Physiology, 1986
Abstract The sections in this article are: Bronchial Smooth Muscle Tension Regulation of Airways in Normal Subjects Regulation of Airways in Subjects With Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness
Ann J. Woolcock, Solbert Permutt
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Lymphocytes and bronchial hyperresponsiveness

Life Sciences, 1990
Non-specific bronchial hyperresponsiveness can be defined as an increased responsiveness of the respiratory airways to physical, chemical and pharmacological stimuli. It is a characteristic feature of asthma. Knowledge of the mechanisms contributing to bronchial hyperresponsiveness can provide an insight into the pathogenesis of asthma and could lead ...
A J, Van Oosterhout, F P, Nijkamp
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Leukocyte count and bronchial hyperresponsiveness

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 1988
The relationship of total and differential blood leukocyte counts with bronchial methacholine response was studied in a population-based sample of 324 men. Geometric mean total leukocyte counts were significantly higher in reactors (6567 cells/mm3) than in nonreactors (5732 cells/mm3; p = 0.003).
Annesi, I., Kauffmann, F., Oryszczyn, M. P., Neukirch, F., Orvoen-Frija, E., Lellouch, J.   +5 more
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Asymptomatic bronchial hyperresponsiveness in rhinitis

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 1985
Methacholine inhalation tests are used to help in the diagnosis of asthma when spirometry is normal. However, the significance of increased methacholine responsiveness in patients with rhinitis and no symptoms of asthma is not known. One possibility is that it is a false positive result; another possibility is that it indicates subclinical asthma.
E H, Ramsdale, M M, Morris, R S, Roberts, F E, Hargreave   +3 more
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Cationic Proteins and Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, 2000
Chronic airway inflammation in asthma is characterized by the preponderance of eosinophils in the airway walls and lumens. Eosinophils are unique among granulocytes in that they contain intracytoplasmic granules, which stain with eosin. These granules contain a number of preformed enzymes and other proteins, including cationic proteins such as major ...
Madison, John M., Schramm, Craig M.
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Nitric Oxide and Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness

2000
Increasing evidence points to an important role for nitric oxide in the regulation of pulmonary functions and in pulmonary disease. In the respiratory tract, sensory nerves, endothelial cells, vascular and airway smooth muscle cells, inflammatory cells and the airway epithelium are sources of nitric oxide.
Nijkamp, F.P., Folkerts, G.
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Bronchial hyperresponsiveness in atopic dermatitis

Allergy, 1989
We investigated the prevalence of bronchial asthma, immediate skin reactivity and bronchial hyperresponsiveness in 40 patients with atopic dermatitis (AD). Eight patients reported to have asthma while 29 were found responders to methacholine test (PC20 Mch < 64 mg/ml) and 21 were skin reactors.
G M, Corbo, E, Ferrante, B, Macciocchi, A, Foresi, V, De Angelis, G, Fabrizi, G, Ciappi   +6 more
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Methacholine Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness inChronic Sinusitis

Respiration, 1998
The coexistence of chronic sinusitis (CS) may deteriorate the clinical condition of lower airway diseases such as bronchial asthma (BA) or chronic bronchitis (CB). However, the bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BH) in CS without any apparent lower airway disease is not fully understood nor are the effects of treatment.
M, Okayama, H, Iijima, S, Shimura, A, Shimomura, K, Ikeda, H, Okayama, K, Shirato   +6 more
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Glutathione in Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness

Journal of Aerosol Medicine, 1996
ABSTRACT Alterations of oxidants and antioxidants now appear to be pivotal in the development of bronchial hyperresponsiveness and bronchial asthma. To evaluate the potential protective role of the antioxidant reduced glutathione (GSH) administered by ultrasonic nebulizer on metacholine-induced bronchoconstriction, we designed a double-blind ...
S. BERNORIO, M. PECIS, A. ZUCCHI, G. GUERRA, V. MIGLIORINI, L. NEGRI, A. CORSANO   +6 more
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