Vessel-associated transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-β1) is increased in the bronchial reticular basement membrane in COPD and normal smokers.
BACKGROUND: Transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-β1) is a multipotential cytokine with angiogenic activity. There are only limited data about its role in airway remodeling in COPD. We have previously shown that the reticular basement membrane (Rbm) is hypervascular in the airways of current smokers...
Main Authors: | Amir Soltani, Sukhwinder Singh Sohal, David Reid, Steve Weston, Richard Wood-Baker, E Haydn Walters |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3387255?pdf=render |
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