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Bronchial Epithelial Compression Regulates Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Family Ligand Expression in an Autocrine Manner
10 Feb 2005
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The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), an important signaling pathway in airway biology, is stimulated by compressive stress applied to human airway epithelial cells. Although the EGFR ligand, heparin-binding epidermal growth factor-like growth factor (HB-EGF), is known to be released as a result of this stimulation, whether compressive stress enhances expression of other EGFR ligands, and the duration of...
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