Basal cell origins of smoking-induced airway epithelial disorders

Renat Shaykhiev; Ronald G Crystal

doi:10.4161/cc.27510

Basal cell origins of smoking-induced airway epithelial disorders

Cell Cycle. 2014;13(3):341-2. doi: 10.4161/cc.27510. Epub 2013 Dec 13.

Authors

Renat Shaykhiev¹, Ronald G Crystal¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Genetic Medicine; Weill Cornell Medical College; New York, NY USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: airway epithelium; basal cell; cigarette smoking; differentiation; epidermal growth factor receptor; lung cancer; progenitor cells; stem cells.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Cell Differentiation / physiology*
Epidermal Growth Factor / metabolism*
Epithelial Cells / metabolism*
Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition / physiology*
ErbB Receptors / metabolism*
Humans
Respiratory Mucosa / pathology*
Smoking / adverse effects*

Substances

Epidermal Growth Factor
ErbB Receptors