The activin A antagonist follistatin inhibits asthmatic airway remodelling

Thorax

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-18

  Hardy, Charles Linton ^a,b,c   Nguyen, Hong An ^a,b,c   Mohamud, Rohimah ^a,c   Yao, John ^a,b,c   Oh, Ding Yuan ^a,b   Plebanski, Magdalena ^a,c   Loveland, Kate L ^b   Harrison, Craig A ^d   Rolland, Jennifer M ^a,b,c   O'Hehir, Robyn E ^a,b,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CRC for Asthma and Airways   (Australia)

^d HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; FOLLISTATIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

AIRWAY REMODELING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUNG LAVAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION;

EID: 84871396240     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-201128     Document Type: Article

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