COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which was first
reported in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and has caused a global pandemic. Acute …

Persons with allergies present with symptoms that often are the result of alterations in the
nervous system. Neuronally based symptoms depend on the organ in which the allergic …

Eosinophilic inflammation is a feature of allergic asthma. Despite mounting evidence
showing that chromatin filaments released from neutrophils mediate various diseases, the …

Host resistance to Mycobacterium tuberculos is (Mtb) infection requires the activities of
multiple leukocyte subsets, yet the roles of the different innate effector cells during …

In asthma, airway nerve dysfunction leads to excessive bronchoconstriction and cough. It is
well established that eosinophils alter nerve function and that airway eosinophilia is present …

The effect of human eosinophil major basic protein (MBP) as well as other eosinophil
proteins, on binding of [3H] N-methyl-scopolamine ([3H] NMS: 1 x 10 (-10) M) to muscarinic …

Contraction of airway smooth muscle is mediated by M3 muscarinic receptors on the airway
smooth muscle. However, there is no evidence suggesting that hyperresponsiveness results …

Parasympathetic nerves provide the dominant autonomic innervation of the airways.
Release of acetylcholine from parasympathetic nerves activates postjunctional muscarinic …

Present evidence suggests that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) of horses is
a delayed hypersensitivity response to inhaled antigens, particularly the thermophilic …

Airway eosinophils are increased in asthma and are especially abundant around airway
nerves. Nerves control bronchoconstiction and in asthma, airway hyperreactivity (where …