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Bronchial asthma and the neutrophil chemotactic factor
Clinical Allergy
|October 1, 1982
Abstract:
Neutrophil chemotactic factor (NCF) is a slight acidic macromolecule which is released into the circulation of asthmatic individuals following antigen provocation and an exercise task. It also appears in late asthmatic reactions with a time course of appearance which precedes the second fall in FEV1. The release of NCF was inhibited by prior administration of disodium cromoglycate (DSCG) suggesting its possible mast cell origin.