Mouse Models of Allergic Disease

Transgenic Mouse Models.- Pulmonary Antigen Presenting Cells: Isolation, Purification, and Culture.- Evaluation of T Cell Function in Allergic Disease.- Evaluating B-Cells: From Bone Marrow Precursors to Antibody Producing Cells.- Protocols for Identifying, Enumerating and Assessing Mouse Eosinophils.- Evaluation of Classical, Alternative, and Regulatory Functions of Bone Marrow-Derived Macrophages.- Applications of Mouse Airway Epithelial Cell Culture for Asthma Research.- Isolation and Characterization of Mast Cells in Mouse Models of Allergic Diseases.- Purifying and Measuring Immunoglobulin E (IgE) and Anti-IgE.- Protocols for the Induction and Evaluation of Systemic Anaphylaxis in Mice.- Contact Hypersensitivity Models in Mice.- Induction of Allergic Rhinitis in Mice.- Induction of Allergic Airway Disease Using House Dust Mite Allergen.- An Inhalation Model of Allergic Fungal Asthma: Aspergillus fumigatus-Induced Inflammation and Remodeling in Allergic Airways Disease.- PAMPs and DAMPs in Allergy Exacerbation Models.- Assessment of Airway Hyperresponsiveness in Mouse Models of Allergic Lung Disease Using Detailed Measurements of Respiratory Mechanics.- Bilateral Vagotomy as a Tool for Determining Autonomic Involvement in Airway Responses in Mouse Models of Asthma.- Clara Epithelial Cell Depletion in the Lung.- A Mouse Model for Evaluating the Contribution of Fibrocytes and Myofibroblasts to Airway Remodeling in Allergic Asthma.- Assessment of Airway Hyperresponsiveness in Murine Tracheal Rings.- Use of the Cockroach Antigen Model of Acute Asthma to Determine the Immunomodulatory Role of Early Exposure to Gastrointestinal Infection.- Expression Profiling to Identify Candidate Genes Associated with Allergic Phenotypes.- Flow Cytometric Methods for the Assessment of Allergic Disease.- Generation of Bone Marrow and Fetal Liver Chimeric Mice.