Correlation of Apical Fluid-Regulating Channel Proteins with Lung Function in Human COPD Lungs

Runzhen Zhao; Xinrong Liang; Meimi Zhao; Shan-Lu Liu; Yao Huang; Steven Idell; Xiumin Li; Hong-Long Ji

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0109725

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Correlation of Apical Fluid-Regulating Channel Proteins with Lung Function in Human COPD Lungs

Runzhen Zhao ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Runzhen Zhao, Xinrong Liang

Affiliations Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas, United States of America, Texas Lung Injury Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas, United States of America
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Xinrong Liang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Runzhen Zhao, Xinrong Liang

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas, United States of America
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Meimi Zhao,

Current address: School of Pharmacy, China Medical University, Liaoning Shenyang, China

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas, United States of America
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Shan-Lu Liu,

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
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Yao Huang,

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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Steven Idell,

Affiliations Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas, United States of America, Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas, United States of America, Texas Lung Injury Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas, United States of America
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Xiumin Li,

Affiliation Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan, China
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Hong-Long Ji

* E-mail: james.hl.ji@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas, United States of America, Texas Lung Injury Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas, United States of America
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Correlation of Apical Fluid-Regulating Channel Proteins with Lung Function in Human COPD Lungs

Runzhen Zhao,
Xinrong Liang,
Meimi Zhao,
Shan-Lu Liu,
Yao Huang,
Steven Idell,
Xiumin Li,
Hong-Long Ji

Published: October 17, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0109725

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