Journal article
Effect of histamine on proliferation of normal human adult lung fibroblasts.
Abstract
Fibrotic lung tissue shows increased connective tissue deposition and fibroblast proliferation and in addition a substantial increase in mast cell numbers in and around the fibrotic area. To elucidate the question of whether products of mast cells affect the proliferative behaviour of structural cells in the lung and thereby contribute to fibrogenesis, the effect of histamine, a prominent mast cell derived mediator, on the in vitro …
Authors
Jordana M; Befus AD; Newhouse MT; Bienenstock J; Gauldie J
Journal
Thorax, Vol. 43, No. 7,
Publisher
BMJ
Publication Date
July 1, 1988
DOI
10.1136/thx.43.7.552
ISSN
0040-6376