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Extracellular vesicles from mast cells induce mesenchymal transition in airway epithelial cells

Yanan Yin, Ganesh Vilas Shelke, Cecilia Lässer, Hjalmar Brismar, Jan Lötvall

Respiratory Research · 2020 · 58 citations · 53 references

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Mast cell-derived EVs mediate the induction of EMT in epithelial cells, and our evidence suggests that this is triggered through the induction of protein phosphorylation cascades.

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