Overexpression of Smad2 drives house dust mite-mediated airway remodeling and airway hyperresponsiveness via activin and IL-25.

Gregory, Lisa G

Overexpression of Smad2 drives house dust mite-mediated airway remodeling and airway hyperresponsiveness via activin and IL-25. [electronic resource] - American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine Jul 2010 - 143-54 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

1535-4970

10.1164/rccm.200905-0725OC doi


Activins--antagonists & inhibitors
Adenoviridae
Airway Remodeling--immunology
Allergens--adverse effects
Animals
Antibodies--pharmacology
Bronchial Hyperreactivity--immunology
Collagen--biosynthesis
Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus
Disease Models, Animal
Female
Gene Expression
Goblet Cells--metabolism
Hyperplasia
Immunohistochemistry
Interleukin-17--metabolism
Lung--metabolism
Mice
Mice, Inbred BALB C
Muscle, Smooth--pathology
Pyroglyphidae--immunology
Respiratory Mucosa--metabolism
Smad2 Protein--genetics