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Epithelial folliculin enhances airway inflammation in aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology - 1 Nov 2018
Trinh Hoang Kim Tu, Pham Duy Le, Choi Youngwoo, Kim Hyun-Mi, Kim Seung-Hyun, Park Hae-Sim
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Clinical features of aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD) are characterized by overproduction of cysteinyl leukotrienes (LT) and eosinophil activation, in which epithelial cells contribute to eosinophilic airway inflammation. Folliculin (FLCN) helps maintain the integrity of epithelial barrier, but little is known about FLCN in AERD. OBJECTIVE: We investigated the role of FLCN in the...
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