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Bone marrow-derived progenitor cells in pulmonary fibrosis.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Jan 2004
Hashimoto Naozumi, Jin Hong, Liu Tianju, Chensue Stephen W, Phan Sem H
Abstract excerpt
The origin of fibroblasts in pulmonary fibrosis is assumed to be intrapulmonary, but their extrapulmonary origin and especially derivation from bone marrow (BM) progenitor cells has not been ruled out. To examine this possibility directly, adult mice were durably engrafted with BM isolated from t...
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