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Role of epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
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Sohal, SS and Walters, EH, Role of epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Respiratory Research, 14 pp. 120. ISSN 1465-9921 (2013) [Letter or Note in Journal]
DOI: doi:10.1186/1465-9921-14-120
Abstract
Small airway fibrosis is the main contributor to physiological airway dysfunction in COPD. One potential mechanism contributing to small airway fibrosis is epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT). When associated with angiogenesis (so called EMT-Type-3) it may well also be the link with the development of cancer, which is closely associated with COPD and predominantly in large airways. In a recent study published in Respiratory Research, Qin Wang and colleagues investigated the role of urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) in EMT in small airway epithelium of COPD patients. However, there are some issues with the paper which we wish to comment on. © 2013 Sohal and Walters; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Letter or Note in Journal |
|---|---|
| Research Division: | Biomedical and Clinical Sciences |
| Research Group: | Cardiovascular medicine and haematology |
| Research Field: | Respiratory diseases |
| Objective Division: | Health |
| Objective Group: | Clinical health |
| Objective Field: | Clinical health not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Sohal, SS (Dr Sukhwinder Sohal) |
| UTAS Author: | Walters, EH (Professor Haydn Walters) |
| ID Code: | 87258 |
| Year Published: | 2013 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 41 |
| Deposited By: | Medicine |
| Deposited On: | 2013-11-12 |
| Last Modified: | 2013-11-12 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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