Defective function at the epithelial junction: A novel therapeutic frontier in asthma?

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 557-558

  Knight, Darryl A ^a,b   Stick, Stephen M ^c,d   Hackett, Tillie Louise ^a,b  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

adhesion; airways; asthma; barrier; Epithelium

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN ZO1; UVOMORULIN;

ASTHMA; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CELL ADHESION; DOWN REGULATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BRONCHI; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 80052201289     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.07.031     Document Type: Editorial

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