Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., Vol 152, No. 1, 07 1995, 403-407.
Inflammatory effector mechanisms in asthma
JM Drazen, JF Evans, RL Stevens and MA Shipp
Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Merck Frost Center for Therapeutic Research, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Each of these effector systems has the capacity to initiate airway
obstruction or alter airway responsiveness in asthma. It is likely that
they act in concert in certain asthmatic settings. Further basic and
applied research will define their relative roles in asthma.