Abnormalities in MUC5AC and MUC5B protein in airway mucus in asthma

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 194, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1296-1299

  Lachowicz Scroggins, Marrah E ^a   Yuan, Shaopeng ^b   Kerr, Sheena C ^a   Dunican, Eleanor M ^a   Yu, Michelle ^a   Carrington, Stephen D ^c   Fahy, John V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUCIN 5AC; MUCIN 5B; MUC5AC PROTEIN, HUMAN; MUC5B PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AIRWAY; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MUCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SPUTUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ASTHMA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCIN 5AC; MUCIN-5B; MUCUS;

EID: 84999048299     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201603-0526LE     Document Type: Letter

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