Expression and activity of pH-regulatory glutaminase in the human airway epithelium

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 101-107

  Hunt, John F ^a   Erwin, Elizabeth ^a   Palmer, Lisa ^a   Vaughan, John ^a   Malhotra, Neil ^a   Platts Mills, Thomas A E ^a   Gaston, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Asthma; Breath condensate; Glutaminase; Lung

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUTAMINASE; GLUTAMINASE GAC; GLUTAMINASE KGA; ISOENZYME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATH ANALYSIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME REGULATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; STRESS;

EID: 0036140879     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.165.1.2104131     Document Type: Article

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