Interleukin-13 stimulates the proliferation of lung myofibroblasts via a signal transducer and activator of transcription-6-dependent mechanism: A possible mechanism for the development of airway fibrosis in asthma

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Volumn 123, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2003, Pages 422S-424S

  Ingram, Jennifer L ^a   Rice, Annette ^a   Geisenhoffer, Kristen ^a   Madtes, David K ^b   Bonner, James C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MITOGENIC AGENT; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR AA; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BB; STAT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ASTHMA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; FIBROBLAST; LUNG FIBROSIS; MALE; MITOGENESIS; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WILD TYPE;

EID: 0037335938     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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