Telomere dysfunction in alveolar epithelial cells causes lung remodeling and fibrosis

JCI Insight

Volumn 1, Issue 14, 2016, Pages

  Naikawadi, Ram P ^a   Disayabutr, Supparerk ^a   Mallavia, Benat ^a   Donne, Matthew L ^a   Green, Gary ^a   La, Janet L ^a   Rock, Jason R ^a   Looney, Mark R ^a   Wolters, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 85055609527     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23793708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.86704     Document Type: Article

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