Synergetic effect of interleukin-4 and transforming growth factor-beta1 on type I collagen gel contraction and degradation by HFL-1 cells: implication in tissue remodeling

Chest. 2003 Mar;123(3 Suppl):427S-8S.

Authors

Xiangde Liu¹, Heather Conner, Tetsu Kobayashi, Shinji Abe, Qiuhong Fang, Fu-Qiang Wen, Stephen I Rennard

Affiliation

¹ University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5125, USA. xdliu@unmc.edu

PMID: 12629015

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adjuvants, Immunologic / pharmacology*
Asthma / immunology*
Collagen Type I / drug effects*
Collagen Type I / immunology
Drug Synergism*
Fetus / drug effects
Fetus / immunology
Fibroblasts / drug effects*
Fibroblasts / immunology
Gels
Humans
In Vitro Techniques
Interleukin-4 / pharmacology*
Lung / drug effects*
Lung / immunology
Lung Injury
Prenatal Injuries
Transforming Growth Factor beta / pharmacology*
Transforming Growth Factor beta1
Wound Healing / drug effects*
Wound Healing / immunology

Substances

Adjuvants, Immunologic
Collagen Type I
Gels
TGFB1 protein, human
Transforming Growth Factor beta
Transforming Growth Factor beta1
Interleukin-4