Epithelial mesenchymal transition in smokers: large versus small airways and relation to airflow obstruction

BACKGROUND: Small airway fibrosis is the main contributor in airflow obstruction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) has been implicated in this process, and in large airways, is associated with angiogenesis, ie, Type-3, which is classically promalignant...

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Autores principales: Mahmood, Malik Quasir, Sohal, Sukhwinder Singh, Shukla, Shakti Dhar, Ward, Chris, Hardikar, Ashutosh, Noor, Wan Danial, Muller, Hans Konrad, Knight, Darryl A, Walters, Eugene Haydn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4531032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26346976
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S81032

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4531032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26346976
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S81032

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