Silencing of Carbohydrate Sulfotransferase 15 Hinders Murine Pulmonary Fibrosis Development

• Main Authors: Yoshiro Kai (Author), Koichi Tomoda (Author), Hiroyuki Yoneyama (Author), Masahiro Kitabatake (Author), Atsuhiro Nakamura (Author), Toshihiro Ito (Author), Masanori Yoshikawa (Author), Hiroshi Kimura (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pulmonary fibrosis is a progressive lung disorder characterized by interstitial fibrosis, for which no effective treatments are available. Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan (CSPG) has been shown to be a mediator, but the specific component of glycosaminoglycan chains of CSPG has not been explored. We...