Capsaicin-induced desensitization of airway mucosa to cigarette smoke, mechanical and chemical irritants

Nature. 1983 Mar;302(5905):251-3. doi: 10.1038/302251a0.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Airway Resistance / drug effects*
  • Animals
  • Bronchi / drug effects*
  • Bronchi / innervation
  • Capillary Permeability / drug effects*
  • Capsaicin / pharmacology*
  • Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / pharmacology*
  • Irritants
  • Male
  • Mucous Membrane / drug effects
  • Rats
  • Substance P / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Trachea / drug effects*
  • Trachea / innervation

Substances

  • Fatty Acids, Unsaturated
  • Irritants
  • Substance P
  • Capsaicin