Mechanisms of aortic carboxypeptidase-like protein regulation of the fibroblast to myofibroblast transition
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic and fatal disease that causes the stiffening of lung tissue and gradual lung function decline. Currently, there are no effectives therapies for this disease. Fibrotic lungs are characterized by accumulation of smooth muscle α actin- (SMA) expressing myofibr...
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2016
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/2144/14327 |