Activin A: A mediator governing inflammation, immunity, and repair

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 350-352

  Mayer, Konstantin ^a   Buchbinder, Anja ^a   Morty, Rory E ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY GIESSEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HEART AND LUNG RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR IIB; BLEOMYCIN; CYTOKINE; ENDOTOXIN; FC RECEPTOR; FOLLISTATIN; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP B1 PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; HYDROXYPROLINE; ICOSANOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NITRIC OXIDE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ADENOVIRUS; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; BLOOD CLOTTING; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG TARGETING; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; KERATINOCYTE; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG FIBROSIS; MEDIATOR; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SCAR FORMATION; SEPSIS; SKIN; TISSUE REPAIR; WOUND HEALING;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

EID: 84857401089     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201112-2210ED     Document Type: Editorial

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