Osteopontin is increased in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and bronchial tissue of smoking asthmatics

Cytokine

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 713-715

  Samitas, Konstantinos ^a,b   Zervas, Eleftherios ^a   Xanthou, Georgina ^b   Panoutsakopoulou, Vily ^b   Gaga, Mina ^a  

^a Athens Chest Hospital   (Greece)

^b Academy of Athens Biomedical Research Foundation   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 8; OSTEOPONTIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ASTHMA; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG LAVAGE; NEUTROPHILIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOKING; SPUTUM; UPREGULATION;

ASTHMA; BRONCHI; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; OSTEOPONTIN; SMOKING;

EID: 84875373256     PISSN: 10434666     EISSN: 10960023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2012.12.028     Document Type: Letter

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