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SUBMITTER: Aven L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3898648 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Aven Linh L Paez-Cortez Jesus J Achey Rebecca R Krishnan Ramaswamy R Ram-Mohan Sumati S Cruikshank William W WW Fine Alan A Ai Xingbin X
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 20131112 2
Children who are exposed to environmental respiratory insults often develop asthma that persists into adulthood. In this study, we used a neonatal mouse model of ovalbumin (OVA)-induced allergic airway inflammation to understand the long-term effects of early childhood insults on airway structure and function. We showed that OVA sensitization and challenge in early life led to a 2-fold increase in airway smooth muscle (ASM) innervation (P<0.05) and persistent airway hyperreactivity (AHR). In con ...[more]