Application | Comment | Organism |
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medicine | ADAM9 staining is increased in lung epithelial cells and macrophages in smokers and even more so in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD. ADAM9 staining correlates directly with pack-year smoking history and inversely with airflow obstruction and/or FEV1 percent predicted. Bronchial epithelial cell ADAM9 mRNA levels are higher in patients with COPD than control subjects and correlate directly with pack-year smoking history | Homo sapiens |
Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
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Homo sapiens | Q13443 | - |
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Mus musculus | - |
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Source Tissue | Comment | Organism | Textmining |
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blood | - |
Homo sapiens | - |
lung | - |
Mus musculus | - |
lung | - |
Homo sapiens | - |
General Information | Comment | Organism |
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physiological function | Adam9-/- mice are protected from emphysema development, small-airway fibrosis, and airway mucus metaplasia. Cigarette smoke-exposed Adam9-/- mice have reduced lung macrophage counts, alveolar septal cell apoptosis, lung elastin degradation, and shedding of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 and epidermal growth factor receptor in BAL fluid samples | Mus musculus |