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Calcitonin gene-related peptide stimulates proliferation of alveolar epithelial cells

BACKGROUND: Alveolar epithelial cells are known as progenitor cells for the restoration from the damage in the lung. Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) has been reported to play an important role in the proliferation of various types of epithelial and endothelial cells. We investigated the effec...

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Autores principales: Kawanami, Yukiko, Morimoto, Yasuo, Kim, Heungnam, Nakamura, Takehiro, Machida, Kazuhiko, Kido, Takashi, Asonuma, Etsuko, Yatera, Kazuhiro, Yoshii, Chiharu, Kido, Masamitsu
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2651852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19192276
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-10-8