Open AccessWhole-Body Periodic Acceleration Modifies Experimental Asthma in Sheep
Author(s) -
William M. Abraham,
Ashfaq Ahmed,
Irakli Serebriakov,
Isabel T. Lauredo,
Jorge Bassuk,
José A. Adams,
Marvin A. Sackner
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
american journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.272
H-Index - 374
eISSN - 1535-4970
pISSN - 1073-449X
DOI - 10.1164/rccm.200601-048oc
Subject(s) - nitric oxide , medicine , ascaris suum , airway , nitric oxide synthase , immunology , asthma , bronchoalveolar lavage , bronchoconstriction , pharmacology , endocrinology , anesthesia , lung , helminths
Nitric oxide is released from vascular endothelium in response to increased pulsatile shear stress. Nitric oxide inhibits mast cell activation and is antiinflammatory and therefore might be protective in asthma.
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