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Pulmonary Fibrosis and Chronic Lung Inflammation in ET-1 Transgenic Mice
1 Jul 2000
Abstract excerpt
The pulmonary endothelin (ET) system has been implicated in the pathogenesis of chronic lung diseases such as pulmonary hypertension, asthma, chronic obstructive lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, and bronchiolitis obliterans. However, the etiologic role of ET-1 in these diseases has not yet been established. We recently demonstrated that ET-1 transgenic mice, generated using the human prepro-ET-1...
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