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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: an altered fibroblast proliferation linked to cancer biology.
Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society - 1 Jul 2012
Vancheri Carlo
Abstract excerpt
The fibrotic process that characterizes idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is commonly considered the result of a recurrent injury to the alveolar epithelium followed by an uncontrolled proliferation of fibroblasts. However, based on considerable scientific evidence, it has been recently hypothesized that IPF might be considered a neoproliferative disorder of the lung because this disease exhibits several...
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