Relaxin family peptide receptor-1 protects against airway fibrosis during homeostasis but not against fibrosis associated with chronic allergic airways disease

Endocrinology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1495-1502

  Samuel, Christian S ^a   Royce, Simon G ^b   Chen, Bin ^b   Cao, Huifang ^a   Gossen, Jan A ^c   Tregear, Geoffrey W ^a   Tang, Mimi L K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LIOTHYRONINE; MESSENGER RNA; OPSIN; THIAMAZOLE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR BETA; THYROXINE; COLLAGEN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; LGR7 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HISTOLOGY; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KNOCKOUT GENE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RETINA; RETINA CONE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FIBROBLAST; FIBROSIS; GENETICS; HOMEOSTASIS; INFLAMMATION; LUNG FIBROSIS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLLAGEN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; FIBROSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

EID: 62749129843     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2008-1062     Document Type: Article

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