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Analysis of tumor necrosis factor-alpha, lymphotoxin-alpha, tumor necrosis factor receptor II, and interleukin-6 polymorphisms in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine - 1 May 2001
Pantelidis P, Fanning G C, Wells A U, Welsh K I, Du Bois R M
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is characterized by chronic inflammation that is associated with structural damage of the lung and fibrosis. Although the etiology of IPF is unknown, it is likely to involve an interaction between environmental and multiple genetic components. Animal models of pulmonary fibrosis have shown that proinflammatory mediators are critical at both the inflammatory and fibrotic stages...
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