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01-08-2013 | Poster presentation
Time-course of inflammation and allergic bronchoconstrictor response in a model of ovalbumin-induced rapid pulmonary inflammation in Brown Norway rats
Authors:
Sorif Uddin, Sara Hughes, Edith Hessel
Published in:
Journal of Inflammation
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Special Issue 1/2013
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Excerpt
Most animal models that elicit pulmonary allergic inflammation require a protracted sensitisation period that can last for weeks. We describe here further characterisation of a model developed by Werner-Klein and colleagues [
1] that exhibits rapid and long lasting pulmonary eosinophilic infiltration requiring only a short sensitisation period. In addition, this modified rat model also exhibits a bronchoconstrictor response to allergen after a single rechallenge two weeks after the initial challenge period. …