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Protection from fluorescein isothiocyanate-induced fibrosis in IL-13-deficient, but not IL-4-deficient, mice results from impaired collagen synthesis by fibroblasts.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Apr 2004
Kolodsick Jill E, Toews Galen B, Jakubzick Claudia, Hogaboam Cory, Moore Thomas A, McKenzie Andrew, Wilke Carol A, Chrisman Cara J, Moore Bethany B
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Intratracheal injection of FITC results in acute lung injury and progresses to fibrosis by day 21 postchallenge. In response to FITC, BALB/c mice produce IL-4 and IL-13 in the lung. To investigate whether IL-4 and/or IL-13 were important profibrotic mediators in this model, we examined the fibrot...
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