Platelet-activating factor and asthma

Damage of the Airway Epithelium and Bronchial Reactivity in Patients with Asthma

1985 • 1,315 citations

Bronchoalveolar eosinophilia during allergen-induced late asthmatic reactions.

1985 • 1,065 citations

THE PATHOLOGY OF ASTHMA, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO CHANGES IN THE BRONCHIAL MUCOSA

1960 • 1,014 citations

PLATELET ACTIVATING FACTOR: A BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE PHOSPHOGLYCERIDE

1986 • 781 citations

ASTHMA AS AN AXON REFLEX

1986 • 676 citations

The eosinophil and the pathophysiology of asthma

1986 • 609 citations

Platelet-activating factor. A potent chemotactic and chemokinetic factor for human eosinophils.

1986 • 596 citations

EFFECTS OF INHALED PLATELET ACTIVATING FACTOR ON PULMONARY FUNCTION AND BRONCHIAL RESPONSIVENESS IN MAN

1986 • 478 citations

O3-induced change in bronchial reactivity to methacholine and airway inflammation in humans

1986 • 472 citations

Increased biosynthesis of platelet-activating factor in activated human eosinophils.

1984 • 423 citations

Platelet-activating factor induces a platelet-dependent bronchoconstriction unrelated to the formation of prostaglandin derivatives

1980 • 422 citations

Airway responsiveness to histamine and methacholine: relationship to minimum treatment to control symptoms of asthma.

1981 • 409 citations

Respiratory epithelium inhibits bronchial smooth muscle tone

1985 • 394 citations

EFFECT OF A GINKGOLIDE MIXTURE (BN 52063) IN ANTAGONISING SKIN AND PLATELET RESPONSES TO PLATELET ACTIVATING FACTOR IN MAN

1987 • 296 citations

Mediators of immediate hypersensitivity

1983 • 293 citations

The effect of airway epithelium on smooth muscle contractility in bovine trachea

1985 • 278 citations

Role of inflammation in the hyperreactivity of the airways in asthma.

1986 • 263 citations

ROLE OF PLASMA EXUDATION IN ASTHMATIC AIRWAYS

1986 • 227 citations

Airway hyperresponsiveness induced by platelet-activating factor: role of thromboxane generation.

1986 • 213 citations

Effect of platelet-activating factor on airway vascular permeability: possible mechanisms

1987 • 207 citations

THE PLATELET IN ASTHMA

1984 • 194 citations

Association of Platelet-Activating Factor with Primary Acquired Cold Urticaria

1985 • 191 citations

Release of platelet‐activating factor (PAF‐acether) from alveolar macrophages by the calcium ionophore A 23187 and phagocytosis

1980 • 186 citations

Functional assessment of alveolar macrophages: comparison of cells from asthmatics and normal subjects

1982 • 181 citations

Inflammatory characteristics of platelet activating factor (PAF-acether) in human skin

1984 • 129 citations

The platelet‐independent release of thromboxane A₂ by Paf‐acether from guinea‐pig lungs involves mechanisms distinct from those for leukotriene

1984 • 127 citations

Late asthmatic responses: Inquiry into mechanisms and significance

1985 • 122 citations

Prostaglandin D2 potentiates airway responsiveness to histamine and methacholine.

1986 • 110 citations

Role of Platelet-Activating Factor-Acether in Mediating Guinea Pig Anaphylaxis

1986 • 101 citations

Ultrastructural evidence for extravascular platelet recruitment in the lung upon intravenous injection of platelet-activating factor (PAF-acether) to guinea-pigs.

1985 • 99 citations

The anaphylactic release of platelet‐activating factor from perfused guinea‐pig lungs

1986 • 61 citations

Inflammatory mediator receptors and asthma.

1987 • 47 citations

Actions of inhaled leukotrienes and their interactions with other allergic mediators

1984 • 44 citations

227 Platelet-dependant contraction of human bronchus by platelet-activating factor

1983 • 36 citations

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1955 • 0 citations