Pulmonary epithelial neuropilin-1 deletion enhances development of cigarette smoke-induced emphysema

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 396-406

  Le, Anne ^a   Zielinski, Rachel ^a   He, Chaoxia ^a   Crow, Michael T ^a   Biswal, Shyam ^a,b   Tuder, Rubin M ^a   Becker, Patrice M ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS ASTHMA AND ALLERGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Genetically modified mice

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; CASPASE 3; CERAMIDE; CIGARETTE SMOKE; CYCLINE; NEUROPILIN 1; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL TYPE 1; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL TYPE 2; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG ALVEOLUS WALL; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NRP1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EMPHYSEMA; GENE DELETION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEUROPILIN-1; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; SMOKING; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 69249124214     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200809-1483OC     Document Type: Article

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