Evaluation of epithelial mesenchymal transition in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

BACKGROUND: The reticular basement membrane (Rbm) in smokers and especially smokers with COPD is fragmented with "clefts" containing cells staining for the collagenase matrix-metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) and fibroblast protein, S100A4. These cells are also present in the basal epithelium. S...

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Autores principales: Sohal, Sukhwinder S, Reid, David, Soltani, Amir, Ward, Chris, Weston, Steven, Muller, H Konrad, Wood-Baker, Richard, Walters, E Haydn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3198934/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21970519
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-12-130

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3198934/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21970519
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-12-130

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