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Myofibroblasts are increased in the lung parenchyma in asthma

BACKGROUND: Increased airway smooth muscle is observed in large and small airways in asthma. Semi-quantitative estimates suggest that cells containing alpha smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) are also increased in the lung parenchyma. This study quantified and characterized α-SMA positive cells (α-SMA+) in...

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Autores principales: Boser, Stacey R., Mauad, Thais, de Araújo-Paulino, Bianca Bergamo, Mitchell, Ian, Shrestha, Grishma, Chiu, Andrea, Butt, John, Kelly, Margaret M., Caldini, Elia, James, Alan, Green, Francis H. Y.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5546673/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28787016
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0182378