• Azithromycin has an antiproliferative and autophagic effect on airway smooth muscle cells 

      Stamatiou, R.; Paraskeva, E.; Boukas, K.; Gourgoulianis, K. I.; Molyvdas, P. A.; Hatziefthimiou, A. A. (2009)
      Azithromycin is used in long-term, low-dose treatment of airway diseases where airway wall remodelling is present. Since it improves total score symptom and respiratory function of such patients, we hypothesise that ...
    • Azithromycin reduces the viability of human bronchial smooth muscle cells 

      Stamatiou, R.; Boukas, K.; Paraskeva, E.; Molyvdas, P. A.; Hatziefthimiou, A. (2010)
      The macrolide antibiotic azithromycin has an antiproliferative and autophagic effect on rabbit tracheal smooth muscle cells (SMCs). The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of azithromycin on human bronchial ...