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Extracellular Matrix Metalloproteinase Inducer (EMMPRIN) promotes lung fibroblast proliferation, survival and differentiation to myofibroblasts

BACKGROUND: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic progressively fatal disease. Extracellular Matrix Metalloproteinase Inducer (EMMPRIN) is a glycosylated transmembrane protein that induces the expression of some matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) in neighboring stromal cells through direct ep...

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Autores principales: Hasaneen, Nadia A., Cao, Jian, Pulkoski-Gross, Ashleigh, Zucker, Stanley, Foda, Hussein D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4756394/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26887531
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-016-0334-7