miR-4456/CCL3/CCR5 Pathway in the Pathogenesis of Tight Junction Impairment in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

• Main Authors: Weiwei Yu (Author), Ting Ye (Author), Jie Ding (Author), Yi Huang (Author), Yang Peng (Author), Qin Xia (Author), Zhang Cuntai (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Cigarette smoke exposure (CSE) is a major cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The smoke disrupts cell-cell adhesion by inducing epithelial barrier damage to the tight junction (TJ) proteins. Even though the inflammatory mechanism of chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 3 (CCL3...