The idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis honeycomb cyst contains a mucocilary pseudostratified epithelium.

The idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis honeycomb cyst contains a mucocilary pseudostratified epithelium.

<h4>Background</h4>We previously identified a MUC5B gene promoter-variant that is a risk allele for sporadic and familial Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis/Usual Interstitial Pneumonia (IPF/UIP). This allele was strongly associated with increased MUC5B gene expression in lung tissue from una...

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Main Authors: Max A Seibold, Russell W Smith, Cydney Urbanek, Steve D Groshong, Gregory P Cosgrove, Kevin K Brown, Marvin I Schwarz, David A Schwartz, Susan D Reynolds
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23527003/pdf/?tool=EBI

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