SARS-CoV-2 induces transcriptional signatures in human lung epithelial cells that promote lung fibrosis

Abstract Background Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-CoV-2-induced coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is a pandemic disease that affects > 2.8 million people worldwide, with numbers increasing dramatically daily. However, there is no specific treatment for COVID-19 and much remains unkno...

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Main Authors: Jincheng Xu, Xiaoyue Xu, Lina Jiang, Kamal Dua, Philip M. Hansbro, Gang Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-07-01
Series:Respiratory Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12931-020-01445-6