Vessel-Associated Transforming Growth Factor-Beta1 (TGF-β1) Is Increased in the Bronchial Reticular Basement Membrane in COPD and Normal Smokers

• Amir Soltani ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Amir Soltani, Sukhwinder Singh Sohal

  Affiliation NHMRC National Centre of Research Excellence for Chronic Respiratory Disease, School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia

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• Sukhwinder Singh Sohal ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Amir Soltani, Sukhwinder Singh Sohal

  Affiliation NHMRC National Centre of Research Excellence for Chronic Respiratory Disease, School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia

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• David Reid,

  Affiliation NHMRC National Centre of Research Excellence for Chronic Respiratory Disease, School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia

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• Steve Weston,

  Affiliation NHMRC National Centre of Research Excellence for Chronic Respiratory Disease, School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia

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• Richard Wood-Baker,

  Affiliation NHMRC National Centre of Research Excellence for Chronic Respiratory Disease, School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia

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• E. Haydn Walters

  * E-mail: Haydn.Walters@utas.edu.au

  Affiliation NHMRC National Centre of Research Excellence for Chronic Respiratory Disease, School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia

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