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Elevated PLAUR is observed in the airway epithelium of asthma patients and blocking improves barrier integrity (2023)
Journal Article
Portelli, M. A., Bhaker, S., Pang, V., Bates, D. O., Johnson, S. R., Mazar, A. P., …Sayers, I. (2023). Elevated PLAUR is observed in the airway epithelium of asthma patients and blocking improves barrier integrity. Clinical and Translational Allergy, 13(10), Article e12293. https://doi.org/10.1002/clt2.12293

AbstractBackgroundExpression of the urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) is elevated in the airway epithelium in asthma; however, the contribution of uPAR to asthma pathogenesis and scope for therapeutic targeting remains unknown.Objective... Read More about Elevated PLAUR is observed in the airway epithelium of asthma patients and blocking improves barrier integrity.

Human bronchial epithelial cells from patients with asthma have an altered gene expression profile (2022)
Journal Article
Bhaker, S., Portelli, M. A., Rakkar, K., Shaw, D., Johnson, S., Brightling, C., & Sayers, I. (2022). Human bronchial epithelial cells from patients with asthma have an altered gene expression profile. ERJ Open Research, 8(1), Article 0625-2021. https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00625-2021Published21February2022