Free fatty acid receptors, FFAR1 and FFAR4, are novel bronchodilator targets in mouse and human precision-cut lung slices

J. Bourke (Melbourne, Australia), R. Angeles (Melbourne, Australia), C. Donovan (Melbourne, Australia), M. Lam (Melbourne, Australia), J. Micallef (Melbourne, Australia), B. Shimpukade (Odense, Denmark), T. Ulven (Copenhagen, Denmark), S. Royce (Melbourne, Australia)

Source: International Congress 2018 – Preclinical pharmacology: novel targets in airway inflammation, narrowing and neural control
Disease area: Airway diseases

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