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Proliferative phenotype of pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells plays a critical role in the overexpression of CTGF in the bleomycin-injured rat.
Experimental and toxicologic pathology : official journal of the Gesellschaft fur Toxikologische Pathologie - 1 Jan 2014
Yan Lin-Feng, Wei Ya-Ning, Nan Hai-Yan, Yin Qian, Qin Yue, Zhao Xin, Chen Bao-Ying, Zhao Ge, Wei Jing-Guo, Cui Guang-Bin
Abstract excerpt
The pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is not very clear, with evidence for the involvement of both inflammation and aberrant vascular remodeling (associated with angiogenesis). Pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells (PMVECs), which play a major role in inflammation, secrete cytokines that promote the transformation and collagen synthesis of fibroblasts. Moreover, angiogenesis is characterized...
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