Transforming growth factor β1polymorphism and serum levels in Egyptian patients with interstitial lung diseases

Background: Interstitial lung diseases (ILD) are a heterogeneous group of diffuse parenchymal disorders characterized by different grades of fibrosis and inflammation. A number of proinflammatory and profibrotic extracellular mediators have been implicated in the pathogenesis of ILD. Transforming gr...

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Main Authors: Rania Mohammed Azmy, Rana Helmy El Helbawy, Ashraf Abd El Raouf Dawood, Sami El Dahdaouh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-07-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S042276381530128X