Upper respiratory tract disease and bronchial asthma

摘要

930904 A clinical study on determination ofplasma vasoactive intestinal peptide and its rela-tionship with bronchial responsiveness in asth-matics.LIU Ao(刘翱),et al.Dept Respir Med,Kunming General Hosp,Kunming Command,Kunming,650032.Chin J Intern Med 1993;32(3):165-166.Vasoactive intestinal peptide(VIP),which islocalized in normal human lung,may play an im-portant role in regulating bronchial tone,pul-monary blood flow and mucus secretion.Thelevel of plasma VIP and bronchial responsivenesswere studied in patients with asthma,and chronicbronchitis and in the healthy subjects.The re-sults showed that the level of plasma VIP