Protease-activated receptors in human airways: Upregulation of PAR-2 in respiratory epithelium from patients with asthma

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 797-803

  Knight, Darryl A ^a,b,c   Lim, Sam ^a   Scaffidi, Amelia K ^a   Roche, Nicholai ^a   Chung, K Fan ^a   Stewart, Geoffrey A ^a   Thompson, Philip J ^a  

^a Asthma and Allergy Research Institute Inc   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway smooth muscle; Asthma; Epithelium; Inflammation; Protease activated receptors

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 1; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 2; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 4; THROMBIN; TRYPTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIRWAY DYNAMICS; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0035184146     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2001.119025     Document Type: Article

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