Pravastatin attenuates allergic airway inflammation by suppressing antigen sensitisation, interleukin 17 production and antigen presentation in the lung.

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Published in Thorax on October 03, 2008

Authors

M Imamura1, K Okunishi, H Ohtsu, K Nakagome, H Harada, R Tanaka, K Yamamoto, M Dohi

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1: University of Tokyo, Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

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