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Lung-Specific Loss of α3 Laminin Worsens Bleomycin-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis
4 Sept 2014
Abstract excerpt
Laminins are heterotrimeric proteins that are secreted by the alveolar epithelium into the basement membrane, and their expression is altered in extracellular matrices from patients with pulmonary fibrosis. In a small number of patients with pulmonary fibrosis, we found that the normal basement membrane distribution of the α3 laminin subunit was lost in fibrotic regions of the lung. To determine if these changes...
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