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cord-007445-2folsh35	Tuffaha, Amjad	THE ROLE OF RESPIRATORY VIRUSES IN ACUTE AND CHRONIC ASTHMA	2000-06-01		.txt	text/plain	4973	217	34	To more comprehensively evaluate the relationships among virus infection, atopy (cytokine dysregulation of Thl / Th2 imbalance), and immune system or lung developmental components, a rat model of virus-induced airway dysfunction has been studied extensively.'l' In this model, infection with PIV type 1 during a critical developmental time period (when the animals are weaning [ 3 4 weeks of age] as opposed to when they are neonates [4-5 days] or adults) produces chronic (8-12 weeks fol-lowing infection), episodic, reversible airway inflammation and remodeling with associated alterations in airway physiology (increased resistance and rnethacholine responsiveness) that resemble human asthma in high (brown Norway strain) but not low (F344 strain) IgEantibody producing rats.62 The temporal progression of this asthma-like syndrome is associated with a Thl / Th2 imbalance within the lung, and its development can be significantly attenuated by the exogenous administration of IFN-8 just prior to and during the viral infection in the brown Norway responder strain.lo2 This model further supports the concept of both genetic (atopy; cytokine dysregulation or imbalance) and environmental factors (virus infection) being important in the inception of the asthmatic phenotype, as well as a developmental component contributing.	./cache/cord-007445-2folsh35.txt	./txt/cord-007445-2folsh35.txt