TGF-β1 induced epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) in human bronchial epithelial cells is enhanced by IL-1β but not abrogated by corticosteroids

Respiratory Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Doerner, Astrid M ^a   Zuraw, Bruce L ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BUDESONIDE; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; DEXAMETHASONE; FIBRONECTIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MESSENGER RNA; TENASCIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UVOMORULIN; AUTACOID; CADHERIN; CORTICOSTEROID; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; MMP2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CELL STIMULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINDLE CELL; ZYMOGRAPHY; AIRWAY REMODELING; ASTHMA; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BRONCHUS; CELL CULTURE; CELL MOTION; CELL SHAPE; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MESODERM; METABOLISM; TIME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AIRWAY REMODELING; ASTHMA; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BRONCHI; BUDESONIDE; CADHERINS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SHAPE; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DEXAMETHASONE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; MESODERM; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TENASCIN; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 73949090678     PISSN: 14659921     EISSN: 1465993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-10-100     Document Type: Article

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