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Asthma and COPD - The C/EBP Connection

Miglino, Nicola and Roth, Michael and Tamm, Michael and Borger, Peter. (2012) Asthma and COPD - The C/EBP Connection. The open respiratory medicine journal, Vol. 6. pp. 1-13.

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Official URL: http://edoc.unibas.ch/dok/A6338172

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Abstract

Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are the two most prominent chronic inflammatory lung diseases with increasing prevalence. Both diseases are associated with mild or severe remodeling of the airways. In this review, we postulate that the pathologies of asthma and COPD may result from inadequate responses and/or a deregulated balance of a group of cell differentiation regulating factors, the CCAAT/Enhancer Binding Proteins (C/EBPs). In addition, we will argue that the exposure to environmental factors, such as house dust mite and cigarette smoke, changes the response of C/EBPs and are different in diseased cells. These novel insights may lead to a better understanding of the etiology of the diseases and may provide new aspects for therapies.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Biomedizin > Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel > Pulmonary Cell Research (Roth/Tamm)
UniBasel Contributors:Tamm, Michael and Roth-Chiarello, Michael
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Bentham Open
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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