A pro-inflammatory role for the Frizzled-8 receptor in chronic bronchitis.
Anita I R SpanjerMark H MenzenAkkelies E DijkstraMaarten van den BergeH Marike BoezenDavid C NickleDon D SinYohan BosséCorry-Anke BrandsmaHidde J HaismaDirkje S PostmaHerman MeursIrene H HeijinkReinoud GosensPublished in: Thorax (2016)
These findings indicate an important pro-inflammatory role for Frizzled-8 and suggest that its expression is related to chronic bronchitis. Furthermore, our findings indicate an unexpected role for fibroblasts in regulating airway inflammation in COPD.