Table I.

Origin and source of cell lines used in this study.

Cell Line	Tissue/source
BEP2D	Normal human bronchial epithelial cells
HCF	Human cardiac fibroblasts
	ScienCell Research Laboratories (San Diego, CA, USA)
HEK	Human embryonic kidney cells
	ATCC
293T	HEK containing SV40 Large T antigen
	ATCC
HUVEC	Human umbilical vein endothelial cells
	Lonza Group (Switzerland)
MRC5	Human fetal lung
	Coriell Cell Repositories (NJ, USA)
NHLF	Normal human lung fibroblasts
	Lonza Group (Switzerland)
SAE cells	Small airway epithelial cells
	(Piao, Liu et al. 2005)
WI38	Human lung fibroblast
	ATCC
MD	Human macrophage cells
	ATCC