International Journal of Molecular Sciences Article Reticular Basement Membrane Thickness Is Associated with Growth- and Fibrosis-Promoting Airway Transcriptome Profile-Study in Asthma Patients Stanislawa Bazan-Socha 1,*,† , Sylwia Buregwa-Czuma 2, Bogdan Jakiela 1, Lech Zareba 2, Izabela Zawlik 3, Aleksander Myszka 3 , Jerzy Soja 1, Krzysztof Okon 4 , Jacek Zarychta 1,5, Paweł Kozlik 1, Sylwia Dziedzina 1, Agnieszka Padjas 1, Krzysztof Wojcik 1 , Michal Kepski 2 and Jan G. Bazan 2,† 1 Department of Internal Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-066 Krakow, Poland;
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[email protected]; Tel.: +48-12-4305266 † Equal senior-author contribution. Citation: Bazan-Socha, S.; Buregwa-Czuma, S.; Jakiela, B.; Abstract: Airway remodeling in asthma is characterized by reticular basement membrane (RBM) Zareba, L.; Zawlik, I.; Myszka, A.; thickening, likely related to epithelial structural and functional changes.