Tau Protein in Lung Smooth Muscle Cells
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
2.1. Histology
2.2. Cell Culture
2.3. Western Blotting
2.4. Immunofluorescence Analysis
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Tau Protein is Expressed and Constitutively Phosphorylated at Threonine 181 in Smooth Muscle Cells
3.2. Cytoskeletal Organization of Tau and Phosphorylated Tau in Lung Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells
3.3. Effects of Calyculin A in Lung Vascular and Airway Smooth Muscle Cells
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Shults, N.V.; Seeherman, S.; Sariipek, N.E.; Rybka, V.; Marcocci, L.; Gychka, S.G.; Ibrahim, Y.F.; Suzuki, Y.J. Tau Protein in Lung Smooth Muscle Cells. J. Respir. 2021, 1, 30-39. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/jor1010003
Shults NV, Seeherman S, Sariipek NE, Rybka V, Marcocci L, Gychka SG, Ibrahim YF, Suzuki YJ. Tau Protein in Lung Smooth Muscle Cells. Journal of Respiration. 2021; 1(1):30-39. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/jor1010003
Chicago/Turabian StyleShults, Nataliia V., Sarah Seeherman, Nurefsan E. Sariipek, Vladyslava Rybka, Lucia Marcocci, Sergiy G. Gychka, Yasmine F. Ibrahim, and Yuichiro J. Suzuki. 2021. "Tau Protein in Lung Smooth Muscle Cells" Journal of Respiration 1, no. 1: 30-39. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/jor1010003