Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: aberrant recapitulation of developmental programs?
review · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 18318599.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050062 and PMC identifier 2265304.
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Abstract
The authors discuss evidence suggesting that embryonic signaling pathways involved in epithelium/mesenchymal communication and epithelial cell plasticity may be aberrantly switched on in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Medical subject headings
- Morphogenesis
- Pulmonary Fibrosis