Epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) in small airways of COPD patients

Thorax

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 783-784

  Sohal, Sukhwinder Singh ^a   Walters, Eugene Haydn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CALVASCULIN; CYTOKERATIN; GELATINASE B; PROTEIN ZO1; UVOMORULIN; VIMENTIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EPITHELIUM BASAL CELL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; LUNG PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETICULAR BASEMENT MEMBRANE; SMALL AIRWAY DISEASE;

AIRWAY EPITHELIUM; COPD PATHOLOGY;

BRONCHI; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SMOKE; SMOKING;

EID: 84879895194     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-203373     Document Type: Letter

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