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Twist: A Regulator of Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Lung Fibrosis

BACKGROUND: Several studies have implicated viral infection as an important factor in the pathogenesis of IPF and related fibrotic lung disorders. Viruses are thought to cause epithelial cell injury and promote epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), a process whereby differentiated epithelial cell...

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Autores principales: Pozharskaya, Veronika, Torres-González, Edilson, Rojas, Mauricio, Gal, Anthony, Amin, Minal, Dollard, Sheila, Roman, Jesse, Stecenko, Arlene A., Mora, Ana L.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2761603/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19851501
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007559