Protective Effects of Fluticasone on Allergen-Induced Airway Responses and Sputum Inflammatory Markers

Krishnan Parameswaran; Mark D Inman; Rick M Watson; Marilyn M Morris; Ann Efthimiadis; Pietro G Ventresca; Raymond Lam; Paul M O'Byrne; Frederick E Hargreave

doi:10.1155/2000/254213

Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 2000)

Protective Effects of Fluticasone on Allergen-Induced Airway Responses and Sputum Inflammatory Markers

Krishnan Parameswaran,
Mark D Inman,
Rick M Watson,
Marilyn M Morris,
Ann Efthimiadis,
Pietro G Ventresca,
Raymond Lam,
Paul M O'Byrne,
Frederick E Hargreave

Affiliations

Krishnan Parameswaran: Asthma Research Group, Department of Medicine, St Joseph’s Hospital and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Mark D Inman: Asthma Research Group, Department of Medicine, St Joseph’s Hospital and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Rick M Watson: Asthma Research Group, Department of Medicine, St Joseph’s Hospital and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Marilyn M Morris: Asthma Research Group, Department of Medicine, St Joseph’s Hospital and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Ann Efthimiadis: Asthma Research Group, Department of Medicine, St Joseph’s Hospital and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Pietro G Ventresca: Department of Clinical Pharmacology, GlaxoWellcome Research & Development, UK
Raymond Lam: Statistical Data Unit, GlaxoWellcome, Mississauga, Ontario, UK
Paul M O'Byrne: Asthma Research Group, Department of Medicine, St Joseph’s Hospital and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Frederick E Hargreave: Asthma Research Group, Department of Medicine, St Joseph’s Hospital and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2000/254213
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 4
pp. 313 – 319

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BACKGROUND: A direct comparison of the protective effects of single and regular doses of inhaled glucocorticoid on allergen-induced asthmatic responses and inflammation has not been made.

Published in Canadian Respiratory Journal

ISSN: 1198-2241 (Print); 1916-7245 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7503

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