Volatile organic compounds enhance allergic airway inflammation in an experimental mouse model.

Volatile organic compounds enhance allergic airway inflammation in an experimental mouse model.

Epidemiological studies suggest an association between exposure to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and adverse allergic and respiratory symptoms. However, whether VOCs exhibit a causal role as adjuvants in asthma development remains unclear.To investigate the effect of VOC exposure on the developm...

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Main Authors: Ulrike Bönisch, Alexander Böhme, Tibor Kohajda, Iljana Mögel, Nicole Schütze, Martin von Bergen, Jan C Simon, Irina Lehmann, Tobias Polte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3389035?pdf=render

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