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Abrogation of TGF-beta1-induced fibroblast-myofibroblast differentiation by histone deacetylase inhibition.
American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology - 1 Nov 2009
Guo Weichao, Shan Bin, Klingsberg Ross C, Qin Xiangmei, Lasky Joseph A
Abstract excerpt
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a devastating disease with no known effective pharmacological therapy. The fibroblastic foci of IPF contain activated myofibroblasts that are the major synthesizers of type I collagen. Transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta1 promotes differentiation of fibroblasts into myofibroblasts in vitro and in vivo. In the current study, we investigated the molecular link between...
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