Interleukin-19 Aggravates Pulmonary Fibrosis via Activating Fibroblast through TGF-β/Smad Pathway

• Main Authors: Yu Wang (Author), Sibo Sun (Author), Kai Wang (Author), Mingjiong Zhang (Author), Min Li (Author), Yumin Zan (Author), Qiqing Huang (Author), Shuangshuang Wu (Author), Weihong Zhao (Author), Wei Xu (Author), Jianqing Wu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive and fatal interstitial pneumonia disease with no cure. Communication between injured cells is triggered and maintained by a complicated network of cytokines and their receptors. IL-19 is supported by increasing evidences for a deleteri...