The Rac1/JNK pathway is critical for EGFR-dependent barrier formation in human airway epithelial cells

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 300, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Terakado, Masahiro ^a   Gon, Yasuhiro ^a   Sekiyama, Akiko ^a   Takeshita, Ikuko ^a   Kozu, Yutaka ^a   Matsumoto, Ken ^a   Takahashi, Noriaki ^a   Hashimoto, Shu ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airway epithelial cells; Transepithelial electrical resistance

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38 INHIBITOR; OCCLUDIN; RAC1 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIGHT JUNCTION;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; LUNG; MAP KINASE KINASE 4; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 78650633257     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: 15221504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00159.2010     Document Type: Article

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