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Differential regulation of human lung epithelial and endothelial barrier function by thrombin.
American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology - 1 Nov 2004
Kawkitinarong Kamon, Linz-McGillem Laura, Birukov Konstantin G, Garcia Joe G N
Abstract excerpt
Lung epithelial and endothelial barrier dysfunction is critical to the physiologic derangement observed in acute lung injury, but remains poorly understood. We utilized human alveolar epithelial (A549) and endothelial cells (EC) to study cytoskeletal remodeling, myosin light chain (MLC) phosphorylation and barrier regulation evoked by the edemagenic agent, thrombin. Thrombin-challenged human EC monolayers...
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