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Integrin alpha4beta1 regulates migration across basement membranes by lung fibroblasts: a role for phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted on chromosome 10.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine - 15 Aug 2003
White Eric S, Thannickal Victor J, Carskadon Shannon L, Dickie Emily G, Livant Donna L, Markwart Sonja, Toews Galen B, Arenberg Douglas A
Abstract excerpt
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a disease that is characterized by fibroblast accumulation and activation in the distal airspaces of the lung. We hypothesized that fibrotic lung fibroblasts migrate/invade across basement membranes by integrin-mediated mechanisms as a means of entering alveoli. We demonstrate that in lung fibroblasts derived from patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, fibronectin signaling...
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