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Flow Cytometric Isolation of Primary Murine Type II Alveolar Epithelial Cells for Functional and Molecular Studies
Published on: December 26, 2012
Airway epithelial cell release of cytokines: modulation by various therapeutic agents
1Division of Allergy Immunology, Departments of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Pathology, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, NY 11554, USA.
Abstract:
The airway epithelial cell plays a central role in asthma pathogenesis and potential remodeling in secreting numerous cytokines, growth factors, chemokines, and nitric oxide. The role of various therapeutic agents on in vivo and in vitro antigen, growth factor, and respiratory syncytial virus-stimulated human small airway bronchial and alveolar epithelial cells will be reviewed. The experimental studies presented here, which used human airway epithelial cell cultures, may identify new therapeutic options in preventing amplified airway inflammation and remodeling in a subset of asthmatic or bronchiolitis patients with an atopic pre-disposition.
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