Secretoglobin Superfamily Protein SCGB3A2 Deficiency Potentiates Ovalbumin-Induced Allergic Pulmonary Inflammation

• Hoofdauteurs: Taketomo Kido (Auteur), Mitsuhiro Yoneda (Auteur), Yan Cai (Auteur), Tsutomu Matsubara (Auteur), Jerrold M. Ward (Auteur), Shioko Kimura (Auteur)
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• Gepubliceerd in: Hindawi Limited, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Secretoglobin (SCGB) 3A2, a cytokine-like secretory protein of small molecular weight, which may play a role in lung inflammation, is predominantly expressed in airway epithelial cells. In order to understand the physiological role of SCGB3A2, Scgb3a2−/− mice were generated and characterized. Scgb3a...