Differential expression of chitinases identify subsets of murine airway epithelial cells in allergic inflammation
Homer RJ, Zhu Z, Cohn L, Lee CG, White WI, Chen S, Elias JA. Differential expression of chitinases identify subsets of murine airway epithelial cells in allergic inflammation. American Journal Of Physiology - Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology 2006, 291: l502-l511. PMID: 16556727, DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00364.2005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAirway epithelial cellsAllergic inflammationEpithelial cellsT-helper 2 inflammationClara cell secretory proteinProximal airway epithelial cellsDistal airway epitheliumMammalian chitinase familyMurine airway epithelial cellsIL-13 signalingProduction of mucusExpression of FOXA2Th1 inflammationTh2 inflammationDistal cellsAcidic mammalian chitinaseDistal airwaysPositive molecular markersAirway epitheliumInflammationAlveolar macrophagesProtein-expressing cellsMicrofilarial sheathMammalian chitinaseAMCase