Enhanced asthma-related fibroblast to myofibroblast transition is the result of profibrotic TGF-β/Smad2/3 pathway intensification and antifibrotic TGF-β/Smad1/5/(8)9 pathway impairment
Abstract Airway remodelling with subepithelial fibrosis, which abolishes the physiological functions of the bronchial wall, is a major issue in bronchial asthma. Human bronchial fibroblasts (HBFs) derived from patients diagnosed with asthma display in vitro predestination towards TGF-β1-induced fibr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2020-10-01
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| Series: | Scientific Reports |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-73473-7 |