Airway myofibroblasts and their relationship with airway myocytes and fibroblasts

Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 127-132

  Singh, Shailendra R ^a   Hall, Ian P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway myocytes; Airway myofibroblasts; Fibroblasts

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CELL MARKER;

ASTHMA; BREATHING MUSCLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL TYPE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MESENCHYME CELL; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STEM CELL; TISSUE INJURY; TISSUE REPAIR;

ACTINS; APOPTOSIS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA;

EID: 37849000615     PISSN: 15463222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/pats.200706-070VS     Document Type: Review

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