Excessive periostin expression and Th2 response in patients with nasal polyps: association with asthma
Author(s) -
Yi Wei,
Renqiang Ma,
Jia Zhang,
Xingmei Wu,
Guodong Yu,
Xianting Hu,
Jian Li,
Zhuofu Liu,
Wendong Ji,
Huabin Li,
Weiping Wen
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2018.11.12
Subject(s) - periostin , medicine , nasal polyps , asthma , association (psychology) , dermatology , bioinformatics , genetics , extracellular matrix , biology , philosophy , epistemology
Periostin has been shown to be upregulated in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP), especially in the CRSwNP patients with asthma. However, the underlying mechanism that how periostin contributes to the polyp genesis remains unclear.
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