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Airway Smooth Muscle Hyperproliferation Is Regulated by MicroRNA-221 in Severe Asthma
14 Aug 2013
Abstract excerpt
Increased airway smooth muscle (ASM) mass is a feature of asthmatic airways, and could result from augmented proliferation. We determined whether proliferation and IL-6 release are abnormal in ASM cells (ASMCs) from patients with severe asthma, and whether these features could be mediated by microRNA-221 and microRNA-222, through modulation of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors, p21(WAF1) and p27(kip1). ASMCs...
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