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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-06-01
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Series: | Stem Cell Research & Therapy |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13287-019-1257-2 |