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Down-regulation of the Notch Pathway in Human Airway Epithelium in Association with Smoking and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
23 Dec 2008
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RATIONALE: The airway epithelium of smokers is subject to a variety of mechanisms of injury with consequent modulation of epithelial regeneration and disordered differentiation. Several signaling pathways, including the Notch pathway, control epithelial differentiation in lung morphogenesis, but little is known about the role of these pathways in adults. OBJECTIVES: We tested the hypotheses that Notch-related...
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