Fibulin-5 as a potential therapeutic target in COPD

Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1031-1033

  Brandsma, Corry Anke ^a,b   van den Berge, Maarten ^a,b   Postma, Dirkje ^a,b   Timens, Wim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

COPD; elastic fiber; emphysema; fibrosis; fibulin 5

Indexed keywords

FIBULIN 5; PROTEINASE; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; FIBULIN;

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EDITORIAL; EMPHYSEMA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY;

CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84961620586     PISSN: 14728222     EISSN: 17447631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14728222.2016.1164696     Document Type: Editorial

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