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Title: | The site of disruption of the bronchial epithelium in asthmatic and non-asthmatic subjects |
Authors: | Montefort, Stephen Roberts, Joanne A. Beasley, Richard Holgate, Stephen T. Roche, William R. |
Keywords: | Epithelium Epithelial cells Asthma -- Case studies Bronchi -- Diseases |
Issue Date: | 1992 |
Publisher: | BMJ |
Citation: | Montefort, S., Roberts, J. A., Beasley, R., Holgate, S. T., & Roche, W. R. (1992). The site of disruption of the bronchial epithelium in asthmatic and non-asthmatic subjects. Thorax, 47(7), 499-503. |
Abstract: | Attention has recently been focused on the basal cells of the tracheobronchial epithelium as the mechanism of anchorage of the tall columnar cells, which themselves do not appear to form hemidesmosomes with the basement membrane of the epithelium. Residual basal cells have been described as remaining attached to the basement membrane after epithelial denudation. This led this group to formulate the hypothesis that there may be a potential plane of cleavage between the basal cells and the overlying columnar cell layer within the bronchial epithelium, which becomes disrupted in asthma. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/22693 |
Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacM&SMed |
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