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IL-22 contributes to TGF-β1-mediated epithelial-mesenchymal transition in asthmatic bronchial epithelial cells.
Respiratory research - 1 Nov 2013
Johnson Jill R, Nishioka Michiyoshi, Chakir Jamila, Risse Paul-André, Almaghlouth Ibrahim, Bazarbashi Ahmad N, Plante Sophie, Martin James G, Eidelman David, Hamid Qutayba
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BACKGROUND: Allergic asthma is characterized by airway inflammation in response to antigen exposure, leading to airway remodeling and lung dysfunction. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) may play a role in airway remodeling through the acquisition of a mesenchymal phenotype in airway epithelial cells. TGF-β1 is known to promote EMT; however, other cytokines expressed in severe asthma with extensive...
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