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Telomerase deficiency does not alter bleomycin-induced fibrosis in mice.
Experimental lung research - 1 Apr 2012
Degryse Amber L, Xu Xiaochuan C, Newman J Luke, Mitchell Daphne B, Tanjore Harikrishna, Polosukhin Vasiliy V, Jones Brittany R, McMahon Frank B, Gleaves Linda A, Phillips John A, Cogan Joy D, Blackwell Timothy S, Lawson William E
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is characterized by interstitial lung infiltrates, dyspnea, and progressive respiratory failure. Reports linking telomerase mutations to familial interstitial pneumonia (FIP) suggest that telomerase activity and telomere length maintenance are important in disease pathogenesis. To investigate the role of telomerase in lung fibrotic remodeling, intratracheal bleomycin was...
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