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Nascent endothelium initiates Th2 polarization of asthma.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Apr 2013
Asosingh Kewal, Cheng Georgiana, Xu Weiling, Savasky Benjamin M, Aronica Mark A, Li Xiaoxia, Erzurum Serpil C
Abstract excerpt
Asthma airway remodeling is linked to Th2 inflammation. Angiogenesis is a consistent feature of airway remodeling, but its contribution to pathophysiology remains unclear. We hypothesized that nascent endothelial cells in newly forming vessels are sufficient to initiate Th2-inflammation. Vascular endothelial (VE)-cadherin is a constitutively expressed endothelial cell adhesion molecule that is exposed in its...
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