Human bronchial smooth muscle cells in culture produce stem cell factor

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 951-954

  Kassel, O ^a   Schmidlin, F ^a   Duvernelle, C ^a   Gasser, B ^b   Massard, G ^b   Frossard, N ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Asthma; Mast cells; Smooth muscle; Stem cell factor

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS MUSCLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BRONCHI; CELLS, CULTURED; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; LUNG; MAST CELLS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STEM CELL FACTOR;

EID: 0033001251     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3003.1999.13e04.x     Document Type: Article

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