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The alveolar epithelium determines susceptibility to lung fibrosis in Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine - 15 Nov 2012
Young Lisa R, Gulleman Peter M, Bridges James P, Weaver Timothy E, Deutsch Gail H, Blackwell Timothy S, McCormack Francis X
Abstract excerpt
RATIONALE: Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS) is a family of recessive disorders of intracellular trafficking defects that are associated with highly penetrant pulmonary fibrosis. Naturally occurring HPS mice reliably model important features of the human disease, including constitutive alveolar macrophage activation and susceptibility to profibrotic stimuli. OBJECTIVES: To decipher which cell lineage(s) in the...
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