Extracellular vesicles from human airway basal cells respond to cigarette smoke extract and affect vascular endothelial cells

Abstract The human airway epithelium lining the bronchial tree contains basal cells that proliferate, differentiate, and communicate with other components of their microenvironment. One method that cells use for intercellular communication involves the secretion of exosomes and other extracellular v...

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Main Authors: Ashish Saxena, Matthew S. Walters, Jae-Hung Shieh, Ling-Bo Shen, Kazunori Gomi, Robert J. Downey, Ronald G. Crystal, Malcolm A. S. Moore
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85534-6

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