Epithelial-mesenchymal transition in human lungs with usual interstitial pneumonia: Quantitative immunohistochemistry

Pathology International

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-21

  Harada, Taishi ^a   Nabeshima, Kazuki ^a   Hamasaki, Makoto ^a   Uesugi, Noriko ^b   Watanabe, Kentaro ^a   Iwasaki, Hiroshi ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epithelial mesenchymal transition; Fibroblastic foci; Usual interstitial pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE HISTOCHEMISTRY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 73649117849     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2009.02469.x     Document Type: Article

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