Diesel Exhaust Particles Enhance <b><i>MUC4</i></b> Expression in NCI-H292 Cells and Nasal Epithelial Cells via the p38/CREB Pathway
Author(s) -
IlHo Park,
JuHyung Kang,
Jin Ah Kim,
JaeMin Shin,
Heung-Man Lee
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international archives of allergy and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1423-0097
pISSN - 1018-2438
DOI - 10.1159/000453033
Subject(s) - creb , mucin , microbiology and biotechnology , blot , messenger rna , p38 mitogen activated protein kinases , chemistry , biology , mapk/erk pathway , signal transduction , transcription factor , biochemistry , gene
Diesel exhaust particles (DEPs), the major contributors to air pollution, induce inflammatory responses in the nasal epithelium. Overproduction of airway mucins is an important pathogenic finding in inflammatory airway diseases.
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