New therapeutic strategies for IPF: Based on the “phagocytosis-secretion-immunization” network regulation mechanism of pulmonary macrophages
Pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic and progressive interstitial lung disease of known and unknown etiology. Over the past decades, macrophages have been recognized to play a significant role in IPF pathogenesis. According to their anatomical loci, macrophages can be divided to alveolar macrophages (AMs...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-10-01
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| Series: | Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0753332219315458 |