Fibroblast contractility: Usual interstitial pneumonia and nonspecific interstitial pneumonia

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2259-2264

  Miki, Hiroyuki ^b   Mio, Tadashi ^b   Nagai, Sonoko ^a   Hoshino, Yuma ^b   Nagao, Taishi ^b   Kitaichi, Masanori ^b   Izumi, Takateru ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; FIBRONECTIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MOTILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG FIBROBLAST; LUNG FIBROSIS; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 0034524384     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.162.6.9812029     Document Type: Article

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