Increased Expression of CC16 in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a devastating disease of unknown etiology. The pathogenic mechanisms are unclear, but evidence indicates that aberrantly activated alveolar epithelial cells secrete a variety of mediators which induce the migration, proliferation and activation of fibroblasts a...

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Main Authors: Ivette Buendía-Roldán, Víctor Ruiz, Patricia Sierra, Eduardo Montes, Remedios Ramírez, Anita Vega, Alfonso Salgado, Mario H Vargas, Mayra Mejía, Annie Pardo, Moisés Selman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5158056?pdf=render