Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor expression in human airway correlates with lung function

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 310, Issue 3, 2016, Pages L232-L239

  Lam, David Chi Leung ^a   Luo, Susan Yang ^a   Fu, Kin Hang ^b   Lui, Macy Mei Sze ^a   Chan, Koon Ho ^a   Wistuba, Ignacio Ivans ^c   Gao, Boning ^d   Tsao, Sai Wah ^a   Ip, Mary Sau Man ^a   Minna, John Dorrance ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TSEUNG KWAN O HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchial epithelium; Lung function; Nicotine; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Quantitative polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA4; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA5; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA6; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BETA3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; GENETICS; LUNG; LUNG TUMOR; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SMOKING; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ADULT; AGED; CELL LINE, TUMOR; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICOTINE; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SMOKING;

EID: 84956895664     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: 15221504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00101.2015     Document Type: Article

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