Airway hyperresponsiveness is a characteristic feature of asthma and consists of an increased
sensitivity of the airways to an inhaled constrictor agonist, a steeper slope of the dose-…

In vivo animal models can offer valuable information on several aspects of asthma pathogenesis
and treatment. The mouse is increasingly used in these models, mainly because this …

Eosinophils have been suggested to be part of the pathologic process that characterizes
asthma, and their recruitment into the upper or lower airways appears to be essential for the …

Background Eosinophilic inflammation, which may be a consequence of interleukin-5 action,
is a characteristic feature of some forms of asthma. However, in three previous clinical trials …

This study reports results from the first International Body Project (IBP-I), which surveyed 7,434
individuals in 10 major world regions about body weight ideals and body dissatisfaction. …

Indoles, both naturally occurring and synthetic, exhibit wide-ranging biological activity. Unusual
and complex molecular architectures occur among their natural derivatives. As a result, …

It is now fully appreciated that asthma is a disease of a chronic nature resulting from
intermittent or continued aeroallergen exposure leading to airway inflammation. To investigate …

Rationale: We have previously demonstrated that oral treatment with live Lactobacillus reuteri
can attenuate major characteristics of the asthmatic response in a mouse model of allergic …

Intranasal instillation techniques are used to deliver various substances to the upper and
lower respiratory tract (URT and LRT) in mice. Here, we quantify the relative distribution …

… was a woman than female-on-female stories (M = 1.299), t(58) = 4.71, p < .001. Furthermore,
based on the effect sizes reported above and Inman and Baron's (1992) results, we did not …