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A pathologic two‐way street: how innate immunity impacts lung fibrosis and fibrosis impacts lung immunity

Lung fibrosis is characterised by the accumulation of extracellular matrix within the lung and is secondary to both known and unknown aetiologies. This accumulation of scar tissue limits gas exchange causing respiratory insufficiency. The pathogenesis of lung fibrosis is poorly understood, but immun...

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Autores principales: Warheit‐Niemi, Helen I, Hult, Elissa M, Moore, Bethany B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6593479/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31293783
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cti2.1065