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ReviewCurrent allergy and asthma reports2004

Airway smooth muscle and fibroblasts in the pathogenesis of asthma.

Peter R A Johnson, Janette K Burgess

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Review in Current allergy and asthma reports, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Sputum hyaluronan and versican in severe eosinophilic asthma.International archives of allergy and immunology · 2013
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  12. Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction: pathogenesis.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2005
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Peter R A JohnsonDepartment of Pharmacology, The University of Sydney, NSW Australia 2006. pjohno@pharmacol.usyd.edu.au
Janette K Burgess

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Asthma is a disease characterized by marked structural changes within the airway wall. These changes include deposition of extracellular matrix proteins and an increase in the numbers of airway smooth muscle cells and subepithelial fibroblasts. Both these cell types possess properties that would enable them to be involved in remodeling and inflammation. These properties include the production of a variety of cytokines; growth factors and fibrogenic mediators; proliferation, migration and release of extracellular matrix proteins; matrix metalloproteinases; and their tissue inhibitors. Airway smooth muscle and subepithelial fibroblasts are likely to be key players in the asthmatic airway pathophysiology through their interaction with each other, inflammatory cells, and other mesenchymal cells, such as the epithelium. Current asthma therapies lack the ability to completely prevent or reverse the remodeling of the airways, therefore indicating the need for new therapeutic strategies to counter this important aspect of asthma.

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Anti-Asthmatic AgentsAsthmaExtracellular MatrixFibroblastsHumansMatrix MetalloproteinasesMuscle, SmoothPulmonary FibrosisRespiratory SystemAnti-Asthmatic AgentsMatrix Metalloproteinases

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