Endothelin in pulmonary fibrosis

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Fonseca, Carmen ^a   Abraham, David ^a   Renzoni, Elisabetta A ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diopathic pulmonary fibrosis; Endothelin; Endothelin receptor antagonists; Pulmonary fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; ANGIOTENSIN II; BOSENTAN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; COLLAGEN TYPE 5; COLLAGEN TYPE 7; COLLAGENASE; ENDOTHELIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN 2; ENDOTHELIN 3; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN CONVERTING ENZYME; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; EPITHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GROWTH FACTOR; INSULIN; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NATRIURETIC FACTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN; STROMELYSIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASOPRESSIN;

AIRWAY REMODELING; ANGIOGENESIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DOWN REGULATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; FIBROGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG FIBROSIS; MESENCHYME CELL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE REPAIR; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOTHELINS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; LUNG; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RECEPTORS, ENDOTHELIN; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM AGENTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 78650653497     PISSN: 10441549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2009-0388TR     Document Type: Review

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