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Familial pulmonary fibrosis.
Revue des maladies respiratoires - 1 Apr 2015
Borie R, Kannengiesser C, Nathan N, Tabèze L, Pradère P, Crestani B
Abstract excerpt
The occurrence of pulmonary fibrosis in numerous individuals from the same family suggests a genetic cause for the disease. During the last 10 years, mutations involving proteins from the telomerase complex and from the surfactant system have been identified in association with pulmonary fibrosis. Mutations of TERT, the coding gene for the telomerase reverse transcriptase, are the most frequently identified...
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