Epithelial-mesenchymal transition of human lung adenocarcinoma A549 cells up-regulates cytokine production upon LPS stimulation

Affiliations

• ¹ National Hospital Organization, Tokyo National Hospital, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
• ² National Hospital Organization, Tokyo National Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: fueta-tky@umin.ac.jp.
• ³ National Hospital Organization, Tokyo National Hospital, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Cystic Fibrosis/Pulmonary Research and Treatment Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
• ⁴ National Hospital Organization, Tokyo National Hospital, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Respiratory Medicine and Rheumatology, Tokushima University Hospital, Tokushima, Japan.
• ⁵ National Hospital Organization, Tokyo National Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
• ⁶ Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.