Increased expression of transforming growth factor-β1 in small airway epithelium from tobacco smokers and patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1476-1483

  Takizawa, Hajime ^b   Tanaka, Mitsuru ^b   Takami, Kazutaka ^b   Ohtoshi, Takayuki ^b   Ito, Koji ^b   Satoh, Masaru ^b   Okada, Yasumasa ^b   Yamasawa, Fumihiro ^b   Nakahara, Kazuhiko ^b   Umeda, Akira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; MESSENGER RNA; TOBACCO SMOKE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT;

EID: 17044453955     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.163.6.9908135     Document Type: Article

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