The liver-X-receptors have shown anti-inflammatory ability in several animal models of respiratory disease. Our purpose is to investigate the effect of LXR ligand in allergen-induced airway remodeling in mice. Ovalbumin-sensitized mice were chronically challenged with aerosolized ovalbumin for 8 weeks.
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Depth dependence of vertical plunging force in granular medium is studied experimentally by measuring the slow-pushing force of different size and shape objects intruding vertically into a granular bed. It is found that all of the force curves of fully immersed intruders have concave-to-convex transition. The depth dependence of the force turns from supralinear to sublinear.
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