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Neonatal periostin knockout mice are protected from hyperoxia-induced alveolar simplication.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Bozyk Paul D, Bentley J Kelley, Popova Antonia P, Anyanwu Anuli C, Linn Marisa D, Goldsmith Adam M, Pryhuber Gloria S, Moore Bethany B, Hershenson Marc B
Abstract excerpt
In bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), alveolar septae are thickened with collagen and α-smooth muscle actin, transforming growth factor (TGF)-β-positive myofibroblasts. Periostin, a secreted extracellular matrix protein, is involved in TGF-β-mediated fibrosis and myofibroblast differentiation. We hypothesized that periostin expression is required for hypoalveolarization and interstitial fibrosis in...
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