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Effects of IL-13 on mucociliary differentiation of pediatric asthmatic bronchial epithelial cells.
Pediatric research - 1 Feb 2011
Thavagnanam Surendran, Parker Jeremy C, McBrien Michael E, Skibinski Grzegorz, Heaney Liam G, Shields Michael D
Abstract excerpt
Goblet cell hyperplasia (GCH) and decreased ciliated cells are characteristic of asthma. We examined the effects of IL-13 (2 and 20 ng/mL) on in vitro mucociliary differentiation in pediatric bronchial epithelial cells (PBECs) of normal PBEC [PBEC(N)] and asthmatic PBEC [PBEC(A)] children. Marker...
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