Highway to heal: Influence of altered extracellular matrix on infiltrating immune cells during acute and chronic lung diseases

• Main Authors: Mugdha M. Joglekar (Author), Mehmet Nizamoglu (Author), YiWen Fan (Author), Sai Sneha Priya Nemani (Author), Markus Weckmann (Author), Simon D. Pouwels (Author), Irene H. Heijink (Author), Barbro N. Melgert (Author), Janesh Pillay (Author), Janette K. Burgess (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Environmental insults including respiratory infections, in combination with genetic predisposition, may lead to lung diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung fibrosis, asthma, and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Common characteristics of these diseases are infiltration and a...