Airway basal cells: The "smoking gun" of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 190, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1355-1362

  Crystal, Ronald G ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway epithelium; Basal cells; COPD; Lung cancer; Smoking

Indexed keywords

AMPHIREGULIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED POLYPEPTIDE ALPHA; CHROMOGRANIN A; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3GAMMA; PLACENTAL GROWTH FACTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR A; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR C; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS SPDEF; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN A; VASCULOTROPIN C;

BASAL CELL; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; REVIEW; SMOKING; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; STEM CELL;

HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; SMOKING; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84919399548     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201408-1492PP     Document Type: Review

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