Nicotine-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition via Wnt/β-catenin signaling in human airway epithelial cells

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 304, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Zou, Weifeng ^a   Zou, Yimin ^a   Zhao, Zhuxiang ^a   Li, Bing ^a   Ran, Pixin ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bronchial epithelial cell; Epithelial to mesenchymal transition; Nicotine

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; GELATINASE B; NICOTINE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UVOMORULIN; VIMENTIN; WNT PROTEIN; WNT3A PROTEIN;

AIRWAY EPITHELIAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BETA CATENIN; BRONCHI; CELL LINE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HUMANS; NICOTINE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; WNT PROTEINS; WNT3A PROTEIN;

EID: 84874037081     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: 15221504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00094.2012     Document Type: Article

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