Is toll like receptor 4 a common pathway hypothesis for development of lung cancer and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a specific form of chronic, progressive fibrosing interstitial pneumonia of unknown cause, occurring primarily in older adults and limited to the lungs. IPF is a disease with similarities and links to cancer biology whose main event is aberrant cell proliferati...

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Main Authors: Sabah Ahmed, Marwa Moawad, Radwa Elhefny, Mona Abdullatif
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763815301035