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01-08-2013 | Poster presentation
Poly I:C causes exacerbation in a murine allergic inflammation model driven by house dust mite in Freund's complete adjuvant
Authors:
Jorge De Alba, Raquel Otal, Elena Calama, Félix Gil, Neil Gozzard, Montserrat Miralpeix
Published in:
Journal of Inflammation
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Special Issue 1/2013
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Excerpt
RNA viruses are major causes of respiratory infections and known to exacerbate asthma and other respiratory diseases. The objective of the study was to use poly I:C, a synthetic analogue dsRNA, to elicit exacerbation in a model of allergic inflammation driven by house dust mite (HDM) in Freund's Complete Adjuvant (FCA). This model is characterized by airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) and a mixed T-helper phenotype [
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