A Profibrotic Phenotype in Naïve and in Fibrotic Lung Myofibroblasts Is Governed by Modulations in Thy-1 Expression and Activation

• প্রধান লেখক: Pazit Y. Cohen (Author), Raphael Breuer (Author), Shulamit B. Wallach-Dayan (Author)
• বিন্যাস: গ্রন্থ
• প্রকাশিত: Hindawi Limited, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• বিষয়গুলি: article
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Lung fibrosis is characterized by abnormal accumulation of Thy-deficient fibroblasts in the interstitium of the alveolar space. We have previously shown in bleomycin-treated chimeric Thy1-deficient mice with wild-type lymphocytes that Thy1-deficient fibroblasts accumulate and promote fibrosis and an...