Distal airway stem cells ameliorate bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in mice

Abstract Background Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is characterized by loss of lung epithelial cells and inexorable progression of fibrosis with no effective and approved treatments. The distal airway stem/progenitor cells (DASCs) have been shown to have potent regenerative capacity after lung injury...

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Main Authors: Yun Shi, Mingqing Dong, Yueqing Zhou, Wangping Li, Yongheng Gao, Luyao Han, Min Chen, Hongwei Lin, Wei Zuo, Faguang Jin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:Stem Cell Research & Therapy
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13287-019-1257-2