The human cathelicidin LL-37 enhances airway mucus production in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 443, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 103-109

  Zhang, Yuke ^a   Jiang, Yuanyuan ^a   Sun, Congcong ^a   Wang, Qin ^a   Yang, Zhihua ^b   Pan, Xiujie ^b   Zhu, Maoxiang ^b   Xiao, Wei ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF RADIATION MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Cathelicidins; COPD; EGFR; Mucins; Mucous overproduction; TACE

Indexed keywords

CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; CIGARETTE SMOKE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 8; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MUCIN 5AC; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA CONVERTING ENZYME;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MUCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; SPUTUM;

CATHELICIDINS; COPD; EGFR; MUCINS; MUCOUS OVERPRODUCTION; TACE;

AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CELLS, CULTURED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-18; MALE; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; MUCIN 5AC; MUCUS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA;

EID: 84890857399     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.11.074     Document Type: Article

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