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SUBMITTER: Horvath G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3220932 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pulmonary pharmacology & therapeutics 20110908 6
Corticosteroids inhibit organic cation transporters (OCTs) that play an important role in drug absorption, tissue distribution and elimination. Corticosteroid sensitivity of bronchodilator trafficking in the airway tissue, however, is poorly understood. To assess the effects of inhaled corticosteroids on airway absorption and disposal mechanisms of long-acting β(2)-agonists, human airway epithelial and smooth muscle cell uptake of tritiated formoterol and salmeterol was measured in vitro. Cortic ...[more]