| Literature DB >> 22550243 |
Chun Geun Lee1, Charles S Dela Cruz, Bing Ma, Farida Ahangari, Yang Zhou, Ruth Halaban, Mario Sznol, Jack A Elias.
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This report explains how our studies of asthma and Th2 inflammation led us to investigate the roles of chitinase-like proteins (CLPs) in lung injury and repair and puts forth an overall hypothesis that can explain the roles that these moieties play in biology and a hypothesis regarding the ways that dysregulated CLP expression may contribute to the pathogenesis of a variety of diseases. We test this hypothesis by assessing the contributions of the CLP breast regression protein (BRP)-39 in the pathogenesis of malignant melanoma metastasis to the lung.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22550243 PMCID: PMC3359113 DOI: 10.1513/pats.201112-056MS
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Am Thorac Soc ISSN: 1546-3222