Vasoactive intestinal peptide and epidermal growth factor upregulates bcl-2 gene expression in bronchial epithelial cells

Acta Physiologica Sinica

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 419-424

  Qin, Xiao Qun ^a   Sun, Xiu Hong ^a   Luo, Zi Qiang ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

bcl 2 gene; Bronchial epithelial cell; c myc gene; Epidermal growth factor; Vasoactive intestinal peptide

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN BCL 2; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRONCHUS; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; METABOLISM; ONCOGENE MYC; PROTO ONCOGENE; RABBIT; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BRONCHI; CELLS, CULTURED; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BCL-2; GENES, MYC; MALE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RABBITS; UP-REGULATION; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 0040370133     PISSN: 03710874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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