Epithelial-mesenchymal transition: Potential role in obliterative bronchiolitis?

Thorax

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 742-743

  Willis, Brigham C ^a,b   Borok, Zea ^c  

^a ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALVASCULIN; CYTOKERATIN 19; FIBRONECTIN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UVOMORULIN; VIMENTIN;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; APOPTOSIS; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; CANCER GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOWN REGULATION; EDITORIAL; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG INJURY; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MYOFIBROBLAST; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

EID: 69749124324     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2009.114413     Document Type: Editorial

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