Mucus hypersecretion: A common symptom, a common mechanism?

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 797-798

  Shale, D J ^a   Ionescu, A A ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTACOID; CHLORIDE; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; GLYCOPROTEIN; GROWTH FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 9; INTERLEUKIN 9 RECEPTOR; MUCIN 2; MUCIN 5AC; MUCIN 5B; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ASTHMA; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CELL CULTURE; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL POPULATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EDITORIAL; EPITHELIUM CELL; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUNG DISEASE; MOUSE; MUCUS SECRETION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SYMPTOM; TH2 CELL;

EID: 3042648440     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.0.00018404     Document Type: Editorial

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