Shared epithelial pathways to lung repair and disease

Chronic lung diseases present tremendous health burdens and share a common pathobiology of dysfunctional epithelial repair. Lung adenocarcinoma, the leading cancer killer worldwide, is caused mainly by chemical carcinogens of tobacco smoke that induce mutations in pulmonary epithelial cells leading...

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Main Authors: Magda Spella, Ioannis Lilis, Georgios T. Stathopoulos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society 2017-06-01
Series:European Respiratory Review
Online Access:http://err.ersjournals.com/content/26/144/170048.full