Endothelin-1 induces bronchial myofibroblast differentiation

Peptides

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1449-1451

  Sun, Guo ^a,b   Stacey, Martin A ^a,b,c   Bellini, Alberto ^c   Marini, Maurizio ^a,b   Mattoli, Sabrina ^a,b,d  

^a Institute of Experimental Medicine   (Italy)

^b Ital Found of Exp Medicine   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d Ital Found of Exp Medicine   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airway epithelium; Asthma; Endothelin 1; Fibroblasts

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MYOFIBROBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM;

ACTINS; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRONCHI; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA; ENDOTHELIN-1; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0030693699     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(97)00194-0     Document Type: Article

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