Comparison of paired human nasal and bronchial airway epithelial cell responses to rhinovirus infection and IL-13 treatment

Abstract Background Because of its advantage as a minimally invasive procedure, nasal brushings have been increasingly used and proposed as a valuable approach to study lower airway diseases in lieu of bronchial epithelial cells. However, there is limited or conflicting evidence pertaining to whethe...

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Main Authors: Nicole Roberts, Reem Al Mubarak, David Francisco, Monica Kraft, Hong Wei Chu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-05-01
Series:Clinical and Translational Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40169-018-0189-2