The Expression of AQP1 IS Modified in Lung of Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Addressing a Possible New Target

Activation of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition process (EMT) by which alveolar cells in human lung tissue undergo differentiation giving rise to a mesenchymal phenotype (fibroblast/miofibroblasts) has been well recognized as a key element in the origin of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). He...

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Main Authors: Ana Galán-Cobo, Elena Arellano-Orden, Rocío Sánchez Silva, José Luis López-Campos, César Gutiérrez Rivera, Lourdes Gómez Izquierdo, Nela Suárez-Luna, María Molina-Molina, José A. Rodríguez Portal, Miriam Echevarría
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmolb.2018.00043/full