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p70 Ribosomal S6 kinase is required for airway smooth muscle cell size enlargement but not increased contractile protein expression.
American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology - 1 Jun 2010
Deng Huan, Hershenson Marc B, Lei Jing, Bitar Khalil N, Fingar Diane C, Solway Julian, Bentley J Kelley
Abstract excerpt
We examined the contribution of p70 ribosomal S6 kinase (p70S6K) to airway smooth muscle hypertrophy, a structural change found in asthma. In human airway smooth muscle cells, transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta, endothelin-1, and cardiotrophin-1 each induced phosphorylation of p70S6K and ribosomal protein S6 while increasing cell size, total protein synthesis, and relative protein abundance of alpha-smooth...
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