β-catenin as a regulator and therapeutic target for asthmatic airway remodeling

Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1023-1034

  Kumawat, Kuldeep ^a   Koopmans, Tim ^a   Gosens, Reinoud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Airway smooth muscle; Asthma; Catenin; WNT

Indexed keywords

2 (2,4 DICHLOROPHENYL) 3 (1 METHYL 3 INDOLYL)MALEIMIDE; BETA CATENIN; CHIR 99021; CT 99021; E1A ASSOCIATED P300 PROTEIN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3 INHIBITOR; GROWTH FACTOR; ICG 001; IQ 1; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; TANKYRASE; TANKYRASE INHIBITOR; TDZD 8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; XAV 939; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

AIRWAY REMODELING; ASTHMA; BRONCHOCONSTRICTION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EPITHELIUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TISSUE METABOLISM; TISSUE REPAIR; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

AIRWAY REMODELING; ANIMALS; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; BETA CATENIN; BRONCHOCONSTRICTION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84906229278     PISSN: 14728222     EISSN: 17447631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14728222.2014.934813     Document Type: Review

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