Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
6067200 Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2011 9 Pages PDF
Abstract
The K+ channel KCa3.1 plays a key role in human fibrocyte migration. Currently available KCa3.1-channel blockers might therefore attenuate tissue fibrosis and remodeling in patients with diseases such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and asthma through the inhibition of fibrocyte recruitment.
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