Enhanced upregulation of smooth muscle related transcripts by TGFβ2 in asthmatic (myo) fibroblasts

Thorax

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 313-319

  Wicks, J ^b   Haitchi, H M ^b   Holgate, S T ^b   Davies, D E ^b   Powell, R M ^a,b  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CALPONIN; DESMIN; GAMMA ACTIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2; UBIQUITIN C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MYOFIBROBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BRONCHI; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE CELLS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2; UBIQUITIN C; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 33645566960     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2005.050005     Document Type: Article

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