Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae induces COX-2 and PGE2 expression in lung epithelial cells via activation of p38 MAPK and NF-kappa B

BACKGROUND: Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) is an important respiratory pathogen implicated as an infectious trigger in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, but its molecular interaction with human lung epithelial cells remains unclear. Herein, we tested that the hypothesis that NTHi ind...

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Autores principales: Xu, Feng, Xu, Zhihao, Zhang, Rong, Wu, Zuqun, Lim, Jae-Hyang, Koga, Tomoaki, Li, Jian-Dong, Shen, Huahao
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2270828/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18237405
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-9-16

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