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Overexpression of human Hsp27 inhibits serum-induced proliferation in airway smooth muscle myocytes and confers resistance to hydrogen peroxide cytotoxicity.
American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology - 1 Nov 2007
Salinthone Sonemany, Ba Mariam, Hanson Lisa, Martin Jody L, Halayko Andrew J, Gerthoffer William T
Abstract excerpt
Airway smooth muscle (ASM) hypertrophy and hyperplasia are characteristics of asthma that lead to thickening of the airway wall and obstruction of airflow. Very little is known about mechanisms underlying ASM remodeling, but in vascular smooth muscle, it is known that progression of atherosclerosis depends on the balance of myocyte proliferation and cell death. Small heat shock protein 27 (Hsp27) is antiapoptotic...
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