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SUBMITTER: Deshmukh HS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2274947 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Deshmukh Hitesh S HS Shaver Colleen C Case Lisa M LM Dietsch Maggie M Wesselkamper Scott C SC Hardie William D WD Korfhagen Thomas R TR Corradi Massimo M Nadel Jay A JA Borchers Michael T MT Leikauf George D GD
American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology 20071115 4
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a global public health problem, is characterized by progressive difficulty in breathing, with increased mucin production, especially in the small airways. Acrolein, a constituent of cigarette smoke and an endogenous mediator of oxidative stress, increases airway mucin 5, subtypes A and C (MUC5AC) production; however, the mechanism remains unclear. In this study, increased mMUC5AC transcripts and protein were associated with increased lung matrix meta ...[more]