Fibrosin, a novel fibrogenic protein: Discovery, cloning and implications for fibrotic disorders

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 326-329

  Wyler, David J ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autocrine; Cytokine; Fibrosin; Fibrosis; Granuloma; Lymphokine; Schistosomiasis; Scleroderma

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL MODEL; FIBROBLAST; FIBROGENESIS; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCLERODERMA; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0029849779     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000237388     Document Type: Article

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