Response to Comment on "An extracellular matrix fragment drives epithelial remodeling and airway hyperresponsiveness"

Sci Transl Med. 2019 Jun 19;11(497):eaaw0462. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaw0462.

¹ Inflammation Repair and Development, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
² Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Program in Protease and Matrix Biology, Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Centre and Lung Health Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
³ Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA.
⁴ Inflammation Repair and Development, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK. robert.snelgrove@imperial.ac.uk.

Abstract

We provide further evidence to support our assertion that PGP is a potent regulator of epithelial remodeling.