The myofibroblast in pulmonary fibrosis

Chest

Volumn 122, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2002, Pages 286S-289S

  Phan, Sem H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Collagen; Fibroblasts; Myofibroblasts; Telomerase; Transforming growth factor 1

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; CYTOKINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

APOPTOSIS; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE COURSE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

EID: 0036933489     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.122.6_suppl.286S     Document Type: Conference Paper

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