Bacillus Calmette-Guerin alleviates airway inflammation and remodeling by preventing TGF-β1 induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition

• Main Authors: Xinrui Tian (Author), Xinli Tian (Author), Rujie Huo (Author), Qin Chang (Author), Guoping Zheng (Author), Yan Du (Author), Yan Chen (Author), Bo Niu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) is a potent agent for the prevention of tuberculosis. Current studies have regarded BCG as an immunomodulator. However, there is little information on whether it can be used to inhibit airway inflammation and airway remodeling caused by asthma. Therefore, in this study...