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Airway epithelial NF-kappaB activation modulates asbestos-induced inflammation and mucin production in vivo.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Feb 2007
Haegens Astrid, Barrett Trisha F, Gell Joanna, Shukla Arti, Macpherson Maximilian, Vacek Pamela, Poynter Matthew E, Butnor Kelly J, Janssen-Heininger Yvonne M, Steele Chad, Mossman Brooke T
Abstract excerpt
To investigate the role of bronchiolar epithelial NF-kappaB activity in the development of inflammation and fibrogenesis in a murine model of asbestos inhalation, we used transgenic (Tg) mice expressing an IkappaBalpha mutant (IkappaBalphasr) resistant to phosphorylation-induced degradation and targeted to bronchial epithelium using the CC10 promoter. Sham and chrysotile asbestos-exposed CC10-IkappaBalphasr Tg(+)...
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