Osteopontin silencing attenuates bleomycin-induced murine pulmonary fibrosis by regulating epithelial–mesenchymal transition
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is the most common and most deadly form of interstitial lung disease. Osteopontin (OPN), a matricellular protein with proinflammatory and profibrotic properties, plays a major role in several fibrotic diseases, including IPF; OPN is highly upregulated in patients’...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-07-01
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Series: | Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0753332221004182 |