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Effects of Corticosteroids on Osteopontin Expression in a Murine Model of Allergic Asthma

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2009

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Masatsugu Kurokawa, Satoshi Konno, Satoshi Matsukura, Mio Kawaguchi, Koushi Ieki, Shintarou Suzuki, Miho Odaka, Shin Watanabe, Tetsuya Homma, Masayuki Sato,
International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Abstract

OPN may play an important role in allergic bronchial asthma. Corticosteroids inhibit OPN production in mice with allergic asthma. The beneficial effect of corticosteroids in bronchial asthma is partly due to their inhibitory effects on OPN production.

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