Fibrocytes are increased in lung and peripheral blood of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

BACKGROUND: Fibrocytes are implicated in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) pathogenesis and increased proportions in the circulation are associated with poor prognosis. Upon tissue injury, fibrocytes migrate to the affected organ. In IPF patients, circulating fibrocytes are increased especially du...

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Autores principales: Heukels, P., van Hulst, J. A. C., van Nimwegen, M., Boorsma, C. E., Melgert, B. N., van den Toorn, L. M., Boomars, K. A. T., Wijsenbeek, M. S., Hoogsteden, H., von der Thüsen, J. H., Hendriks, R. W., Kool, M., van den Blink, B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5946532/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29747640
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-018-0798-8

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