Proinflammatory phenotype and increased caveolin-1 in alveolar macrophages with silenced CFTR mRNA.

The inflammatory milieu in the respiratory tract in cystic fibrosis (CF) has been linked to the defective expression of the cystic transmembrane regulator (CFTR) in epithelial cells. Alveolar macrophages (AM), important contibutors to inflammatory responses in the lung, also express CFTR. The presen...

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Main Authors: Yaqin Xu, Anja Krause, Hiroko Hamai, Ben-Gary Harvey, Tilla S Worgall, Stefan Worgall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-06-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2882373?pdf=render