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TY - JOUR AU - Luo, FengMing AU - Liu, XiaoJing AU - Li, ShuangQing AU - Liu, ChunTao AU - Wang, ZengLi PY - 2004 DA - 2004/11/10 TI - Melatonin promoted chemotaxins expression in lung epithelial cell stimulated with TNF-α JO - Respiratory Research SP - 20 VL - 5 IS - 1 AB - Patients with asthma demonstrate circadian variations in the airway inflammation and lung function. Pinealectomy reduces the total inflammatory cell number in the asthmatic rat lung. We hypothesize that melatonin, a circadian rhythm regulator, may modulate the circadian inflammatory variations in asthma by stimulating the chemotaxins expression in the lung epithelial cell. SN - 1465-993X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-5-20 DO - 10.1186/1465-9921-5-20 ID - Luo2004 ER -