Roles of epithelial cell-derived periostin in TGF-β activation, collagen production, and collagen gel elasticity in asthma - Sidhu, Sukhvinder S.; Yuan, Shaopeng; Innes, Anh L.; Kerr, Sheena; Woodruff, Prescott G.; Hou, Lydia; Muller, Susan J.; Fahy, John V.; Yamamoto, Keith R. (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 2010)
Keywords: Asthma; Asthma - metabolism; Asthma - pathology; Biological Sciences; Bronchi - cytology; Bronchi - pathology; Business to business; Cell Adhesion Molecules - physiology; Cells, Cultured; collagen; Collagen Type I - biosynthesis; Collagen Type I - chemistry; Collagen Type I - secretion; Collagens; crosslinking; Elasticity; Epithelial cells; Epithelial Cells - metabolism; epithelium; extracellular matrix; Fibroblasts; Fibrosis; Gels; Gene expression; gene expression regulation; Humans; in situ hybridization; interleukin-13; Matrix Metalloproteinases; metalloproteinases; mixing; Moduli of elasticity; modulus of elasticity; protein synthesis; secretion; signal transduction; transforming growth factor beta; Transforming Growth Factor beta - metabolism; Up regulation