Secreted Factors from Human Mast Cells Trigger Inflammatory Cytokine Production by Human Airway Smooth Muscle Cells

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Funding Acknowledgements

We thank Prof. Joseph Butterfield (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., USA) for providing the HMC-1 cells, and Prof. William Gerthoffer (University of South Alabama, Mobile, Ala., USA) for providing the telomerase-immortalized human airway smooth muscle cell lines. This study was partly supported by funding from The Asthma Foundation of Queensland, Australia (G.A.M.), and by the NH&MRC, Australia (A.G.S.).