Increased Expression of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGF-R) in Patients with Different Forms of Lung Fibrosis

Introduction. Emerging evidence supports the role of epidermal growth factor-receptor (EGFR) in fibrogenesis. The aim of our study was to investigate the expression profiles of EGFR in three forms of IIPs, including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP), and non...

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Main Authors: Argyris Tzouvelekis, Paschalis Ntolios, Andreas Karameris, George Vilaras, Panagiotis Boglou, Andreas Koulelidis, Kostas Archontogeorgis, Konstantinos Kaltsas, George Zacharis, Evangelia Sarikloglou, Paschalis Steiropoulos, Dimitrios Mikroulis, Anastasios Koutsopoulos, Marios Froudarakis, Demosthenes Bouros
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/654354